Jata Dread

ws, leading to twisted, matted ropes of hair known as dreadlocks. The latter method is typically referred to as the neglect, natural, or freeform method. A common misconception is that those who have dreadlocks do not wash their hair, but this is usually not the case. Many dreadlock care regimens require the wearer to wash their hair up to twice a week. Dreadlocks are associated most closely with the Rastafari movement, but people from many ethnic groups have worn dreadlocks, including many ancient Semitic and Indo-Aryan peoples of the Near East and Asia Minor; Hamitic peoples of East Africa; Sadhus of Nepal and India; the Sufi Rafaees; the Māori people of New Zealand; the Maasai and Oromo of Ethiopia; the Sufi malangs and fakirs of Pakistan; and the ancient Spartan warriors of Greece.