Buddhism culture

The final cultural connection to dreadlocks that we will cover comes from the Buddhist religion.

Buddhism is one of the world’s largest religions and dates back nearly 2,500 years ago, and dreadlocks have been an iconic part of it since the beginning.

As Buddhism focuses on letting go of material attachments and earthly possessions, dreadlocks are revered as a holy method to rid people of their vanity and need for cosmetic or material things.

Many Buddhist rituals in South Asia required dreadlocks from the participants as proof of their progress.

Removal of excessive attachments and the pressure to conform to vanity are important things that dreadlocks symbolize in Buddhist culture.