A length of cloth wound into a headdress, worn across many regions and communities with styles, colors, and tying methods that each carry their own local meaning.
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Turban styles vary enormously by region and community, from the tall, structured Rajasthani safa in bright colors reflecting local dye traditions, to the distinct Sikh dastar, to simpler everyday wraps worn by farmers and elders in rural households across the north.
A pagdi is traditionally offered as a mark of honor at weddings and formal occasions, and its color often carries specific meaning, saffron or red for celebration, white for mourning, in many of the regional traditions where turbans remain part of everyday or ceremonial dress.