Chignon (hairstyle) traced back to ancient Greece, where Athenian women commonly wore the style with gold or ivory handcrafted hairpins. Athenian men wore the style as well, but they fastened their chignons with a clasp of "golden grasshoppers", according to "The History of the Peloponnesian War", by Thucydides. The chignon was specific to Athens, as other city states, such as Sparta and Cyprus, had their own style of hairdressing. The chignon was also popular in ancient China, where married women wore the low, knotted hairstyle. Male writers of the Victorian era, like Anthony Trollope, were fond of poking fun at the absurdity
Nong Bun Mak District 9 subdistricts ("tambon"), which are further subdivided into 104 villages ("muban"). There are no municipal ("thesaban") areas, and 9 Tambon administrative organizations (TAO). Nong Bun Mak District Nong Bun Mak (, ) is a district ("amphoe") of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeastern Thailand. Nong Bunnak was created as a minor district ("king amphoe") on July 1, 1983 by separating the three "tambon" Nong Bunnak, Saraphi and Thai Charoen from Chok Chai district. It was officially upgraded to a full district on May 25, 1989. In 2003 the district was renamed from Nong Bunnak to Nong Bun Mak. Neighboring districts are (from