Tonsure a part of the rite of "pabbajja" and also a part of becoming a monk (Skt. "Bhikshu") or nun (Skt. "Bhikshuni"). This involves shaving head and face. This tonsure is renewed as often as required to keep the head cleanly shaven. The purification process of the "metzora" (one afflicted with "tzaraath") involved the ritual shaving on the "metzorah's" entire body except for the afflicted locations. And as the term tonsure may be used as a broad description for such hair styling of devotees as a ritual symbol of their renunciation of worldly fashion and esteem, Orthodox Jewish males do not
Khmer clothing made of heavy or soft cotton depend on the wearer's wealth. Wealthy women wore the "chang pok" with extra fabric as a shawl sewn in place to the "sampot". They wore their hair up in a bun or as a chignon attached with flowers and draped over the shoulder. Older women wore quieter colours with their favourite Sampot Samloy and jewellery of bracelets, necklaces and earrings, made from silver, gold and other metal. Older women wore their hair in chignon style only. Common women wore the same style of clothes as the upper class but in black, most wearing sarongs