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Members of the Sikh Student Association tied turbans around students heads in front of Dallas Hall Wednesday morning as part of their annual Sikh Turban Day. The event raises awareness of Sikh culture and history.
Members of the Sikh Student Association tied turbans around students heads in front of Dallas Hall Wednesday morning as part of their annual Sikh Turban Day. The event raises awareness of Sikh culture and history. (Taylor Henry/The Daily Campus)
More than 180 SMU students attended SMU Sikh Student Association’s Sikh Turban Day, where they got turbans tied on their heads and learned about the Sikh religion.
Members of the Sikh Student Association as well as Sikh students from University of Texas-Dallas, University of North Texas and University of Texas-Arlington stood outside of Dallas Hall from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday tying turbans and educating the SMU community on the Sikh religion and the history of turbans. They also provided free Indian food, T-shirts and gift cards.
The event was to raise awareness of the Sikh religion around campus.
Students were taught the history of the turban and the Sikh religion while getting their turbans tied, and they were to wear the turbans for three hours and then return them for free T-shirts and gift cards.
Junior Travis Carlile, while getting his turban tied, said that it was “a good event to raise awareness of the Sikh