How to Wear an Arab Head Turban

A properly wrapped turban stays on until you are ready to remove it.

As is the case with most newly learned skills, wrapping an Arab head turban becomes easier with practice. Find someone who is willing to let you practice on them and after a few wraps, you'll feel more confident about your turban-wrapping skills. Simple supplies and techniques are all that's needed, along with time and practice, in order for you to learn how to wrap an Arab head turban quickly and with ease.

Things You'll Need

• Turban fabric
• Hair pins

Instructions

1. Roll in the long sides of a piece of fabric as you hold the fabric on a diagonal. Most turban fabric measures about 70 inches long by 20 inches wide.

2. Hold one end of the fabric in your teeth and wrap the length over the top of and behind your head. Always work with the fabric on a diagonal so you are going from the top of your head to the bottom and vice versa.

3. Finish the second loop around your head and stop at the top of your forehead.

4. 

   Twisting the fabric creates ridges.

   Twist the fabric as you go down one side of your head and continue around to the other side. Twist the fabric the entire way around to create a twisted ridge back up to your forehead. Repeat this step every other loop, with the twist starting above your forehead. Lay each new ridge above the previous one.

5. 

   Use hair pins or bobbie pins to secure the end of the fabric.

   Create six ridges before tucking the end of the fabric underneath the top of the turban above your forehead. Secure the end with hair pins.

6. Remove the end from your teeth and carefully unravel the first loop so you have a length of fabric.

7. Feed the length of fabric underneath the top of the turban, sitting above your forehead.

8. 

   A finished turban looks like this.

   Bring the fabric back down over your head, so the top and back of your head is covered. Tuck the end underneath the back of the turban, at the nape of your neck, and secure with hair pins.

Tips & Warnings

• Practice makes perfect. Don't give up if your turban falls apart the first few times you wrap it.

• Avoid wrapping the fabric too tightly as you will end up with a headache.

References

• SikhWomen: How To Tie a Turban