Dreadlocks, Dreads short (of dread English = fear) or Filzlocken strands are matted hair of the head.
They can develop under certain circumstances even if the hair for a longer time period is not combed, cut or shaved is that entanglement is, however, usually brought about by artificial means.
Dreadlocks can occur in different shapes, thicknesses and lengths. There are also completely man-made dreadlocks of wool, as the so-called "Silky dreads" are known.
Some Dreadlock-makers (known as Dread-Heads decorate) their hair with various additional jewelry such as beads made of wood, metal or polymer clay or other materials.
Dreadlocks are in Europe and the U.S. usually worn as a fashionable hairstyle. In some cultures, such as the Rastafari, but they can also have religious or spiritual backgrounds.
The terms dreadlocks, Rastafarians or Rastas are often used synonymously with dreadlocks, but can also other hairstyles, such as braided or call Braids Cornrows. The term "part" Rasta "refers here to followers of the Rastafarian culture. Less frequently the term is used Afrolocken since it can easily be confused with the Afro.
In the English language, especially among the Rastafari, the expression of Natty Dreadlocks (is less commonly Knotty dreadlocks) common.
They can develop under certain circumstances even if the hair for a longer time period is not combed, cut or shaved is that entanglement is, however, usually brought about by artificial means.
Dreadlocks can occur in different shapes, thicknesses and lengths. There are also completely man-made dreadlocks of wool, as the so-called "Silky dreads" are known.
Some Dreadlock-makers (known as Dread-Heads decorate) their hair with various additional jewelry such as beads made of wood, metal or polymer clay or other materials.
Dreadlocks are in Europe and the U.S. usually worn as a fashionable hairstyle. In some cultures, such as the Rastafari, but they can also have religious or spiritual backgrounds.
The terms dreadlocks, Rastafarians or Rastas are often used synonymously with dreadlocks, but can also other hairstyles, such as braided or call Braids Cornrows. The term "part" Rasta "refers here to followers of the Rastafarian culture. Less frequently the term is used Afrolocken since it can easily be confused with the Afro.
In the English language, especially among the Rastafari, the expression of Natty Dreadlocks (is less commonly Knotty dreadlocks) common.
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"I like me a sexy man with some dreadlocks so I can pull on them and use them like reigns or steering wheels."
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most of the jamaicans do dreadlocks and braidlocks!!!!!
by kukz May 16, 2008
Get the dreadlocks mug.The hairstyle known as dreadlocks was named by Rastafarians but the style has been around as long as humanity.
by Light Joker April 8, 2006
Get the dreadlocks mug.A hairstyle originating in Africa, done by tightly twisting the hair until the strands lock together.
The name "Dreadlocks" originated on European slave-ships during the middle passage.
The white crews would bring the enslaved Africans up on deck to wash them off. They saw that the thick Hair of the Africans, full of vomit, blood, and shit, had matted into "dreadful locks".
It is therefore offensive and incorrect to refer to the dolltails worn by ignorant white children as Dreadlocks.
The name "Dreadlocks" originated on European slave-ships during the middle passage.
The white crews would bring the enslaved Africans up on deck to wash them off. They saw that the thick Hair of the Africans, full of vomit, blood, and shit, had matted into "dreadful locks".
It is therefore offensive and incorrect to refer to the dolltails worn by ignorant white children as Dreadlocks.
White child: "Hey man, what do you think of my Dreadlocks?"
"I think they're very useful as a visual indicator of your ignorance. I will now avoid you forever."
"I think they're very useful as a visual indicator of your ignorance. I will now avoid you forever."
by Sword&soul September 4, 2013
Get the Dreadlocks mug.While having sex, you take spaghetti and shove it in the womans vagina and have sex and when she stands up it looks like a jamaican. *tip, it may look better if you are black*
ahh man, i still haven't got all that spaghetti out of my pussy, and it still looks like Jamaican Dreadlocks.
by Steven McTowlie November 15, 2009
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Natty dreadlocks are not real dreadlocks, just knotted hair that could form into real dreadlocks if no action is taken to smooth out the tangles.
Bob Marley and the Wailers' 1974 album "Natty Dread" and title song, "Natty Dread" refer to Natty Dreadlocks as a person who is a member of the Rastafari religion, which is the original meaning of the term, as well as the hairstyle worn by Rastafarians. However, since then, natty dreadlocks has taken on the more mainstream usage, usually applied to kids, referring to tangled hair on anyone, not necessarily Rastafarian.
Natty dreadlocks are not real dreadlocks, just knotted hair that could form into real dreadlocks if no action is taken to smooth out the tangles.
Bob Marley and the Wailers' 1974 album "Natty Dread" and title song, "Natty Dread" refer to Natty Dreadlocks as a person who is a member of the Rastafari religion, which is the original meaning of the term, as well as the hairstyle worn by Rastafarians. However, since then, natty dreadlocks has taken on the more mainstream usage, usually applied to kids, referring to tangled hair on anyone, not necessarily Rastafarian.
You need to brush out those natty dreadlocks before grandma comes over this afternoon.
Are you seriously going to your school picture day with those natty dreadlocks?
Are you seriously going to your school picture day with those natty dreadlocks?
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