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To go without wearing a head wrap. Head wraps are a common accessory worn by many Black Caribbean women. The wearing of head wraps is a tradition passed down from West African women who were brought to the islands as slaves. The wearing of head wraps is a symbol of feminine modesty, but it is also a way to avoid the exposure of kinky hair. Mother tells the girl not to go “bare-head in the hot sun” to prevent her hair, which was probably straightened, from curling due to the heat and humidity.
Bare-head Quotes in Girl
The Girl quotes below are all either spoken by Bare-head or refer to Bare-head. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Don’t walk bare-head in the hot sun.
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Mother tells the girl this after instructing her on how to do laundry. Just as there is a proper way to perform household chores, Mother establishes that there is a proper way to appear in public. To walk with a “bare-head” is to go without a headwrap, a common accessory worn by Black Caribbean women. The custom of wearing a headwrap comes from their West African ancestors who were brought to the island as slaves. Though the headwrap is a symbol of modesty in West African cultures, Mother complicates an expression of pride in tradition by specifying that the girl Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo mi
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