• A ban on long hair once existed in Singapore. In the 1960s, a Singapore government policy forbidding any male to sport long hair went into effect. This...
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    Ban Zu or Banzu (Chinese: 班卒; pinyin: Bānzú; Wade–Giles: Pan-tsu; Malay: Pancur) was a port settlement believed to have thrived in Singapore during the...
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    recorded in Temasek – Long Ya Men (Malay: Batu Berlayar) and Ban Zu (Malay: Pancur). The name is used in modern-day Singapore for national honours as...
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    contrast to those of Long Ya Men who were prone to piracy, the inhabitants of Ban Zu were described as honest, and they wore "their hair short, with turban...
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  • snipped his pubic hair. Brother Cane was reportedly staged in protest of the imprisonment and caning of a group of homosexual men in Singapore the previous...
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    Singapore he named as Danmaxi (Temasek). Wang described in his work Daoyi Zhilüe the two distinct settlements of Temasek: Long Ya Men and Ban Zu. Ban...
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  • pay the tax were forcibly shaven. There was a national ban of long hair for men in Singapore; the reason was the growth of hippie subculture worldwide...
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    Facial hair in the military has been at various times common, prohibited, or an integral part of the uniform. In the Indian Armed Forces, male Sikh servicemen...
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    Ang mo (redirect from Red haired barbarians)
    It is used mainly in Malaysia and Singapore, and sometimes in Thailand and Taiwan. It literally means "red-haired" and originates from Hokkien, a variety...
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  • committee. Some months later, this committee lifted the ban on Singapore Rebel. In 1963, Singapore banned the hit song Puff, the Magic Dragon, fearing that...
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    replica was erected by the Singapore government near its original site to mark the role it played in Singapore's maritime history. Long Ya Men was documented...
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    mainstream artists retreating from these styles. Most infamously, long-haired performers were banned from the then-Government monopoly broadcaster, Radio Televisyen...
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    archaeological evidence reflecting references to settlements such as Temasek, Ban Zu, Long Ya Men and the Kingdom of Singapura in chronicles and records. The first...
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    The languages of Singapore are English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil, with the lingua franca between Singaporeans being English, the de facto main language...
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    1991, photobook publishers began challenging this ban to the point where the portrayal of pubic hair is now fairly well accepted. Close-ups of genitalia...
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    1990. "MKs discuss France-like burka ban". The Jerusalem Post. RAI, SARITHA (2004). "A Religious Tangle Over the Hair of Pious Hindus". The New York Times...
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    Hijab (redirect from Hair Veil)
    cover their hair and wear a full-body garment, though enforcement varies. Saudi women typically wear the abaya, while foreigners may choose long coats. Regulations...
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  • Service Medal (Military) (Singapore) Long Ya Men Long hair ban in Singapore Long-nosed horned frog Long-tongued nectar bat Lonza Group Loo Zihan LookAtMe...
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    Radio Televisyen Malaysia had imposed a seven-year ban on him due to him maintaining his long hair, which was a strict performing no-no from the broadcaster...
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    smoking ban in all public places on 13 December 2012. However, an exception was made for bars and restaurants, allowing special smoking rooms as long as they...
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    Sang Nila Utama (category Rajas of Singapore)
    may be a mythical figure, even if the historicity of Singapore's 14th-century settlement is no longer disputed. Even so, as De Jong argued in his article...
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    men and women, who keep the Five Ks, wear the turban to cover their long, uncut hair (kesh). The Sikhs regard the dastār as an important part of the unique...
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    early–1900s, King Chulalongkorn encouraged Thai women to wear long hair instead of traditional short hair which later became a trend during the reign of King Vajiravudh...
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    are called chôm chôm (meaning 'messy hair').[better source needed] The Chinese name is 红毛丹, literally 'red-haired pellet'. Rambutan fruit is 78% water...
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    Four Loko (section Post-ban)
    and the danger of combining alcohol and caffeine. After the beverage was banned in several states, a product reintroduction in December 2010 removed caffeine...
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  • product called Just For Men – the longer it was left on, the darker it got. Impatience resulted in Trump's orange-blond hair color."[better source needed]...
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    East Asia, becoming a regional delicacy in South Korea in the 1990s, and Singapore in the 1980s, as well as more recently in Canada, and the United States...
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    or Sinophone populations, especially in Southeast Asia. These include Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand...
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    train in June 1942 to Ban Pong, the southern terminus of the railway. Some captured British soldiers were taken from Singapore and the Dutch East Indies...
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    such as capsules and juices. Chinese: Hai ba ji, Wu ning (Singapore), Luo ling (Singapore, Taiwan) Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga: Nonu, noni, nenu...
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