Why do Indian women shave their heads?

Indian women shaved their heads to mourn their dead husbands. The traditional cognition in India is that hair is a symbol of a woman's beauty, and a woman's beauty is for her husband to appreciate. Without a husband, the beauty of a woman is meaningless, so the hair as a symbol of beauty does not need to exist. In ancient times, India once had a cruel widow martyrdom system. In modern times, few widows have been buried, but in some rural areas, the custom of widows shaving their heads and wearing white clothes still exists.

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