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Wedding

I quote: "Brides used to wear their hair flowing down their back at their wedding to symbolise their virginity, now the white diaphanous veil is often said to represent this." Are there any sources for this somewhat ridiculous statement? If it is "often said", is should not be too hard to find a source.

Also, the story of Jacob and Leah has parallels in folktales from other parts of the world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sparviere (talk • contribs) 20:43, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New American Bible "refering" too the Book of Enoch

In the passage - Catholic ceremonial veils - it sais, qote: ... a woman should have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

Could this be a reminisens from the Book of Enoch, a popular un-canonical writting from ancient cristianity ?

The Book of Enoch (and, although only in a short passage, the Book of Genesis) refer too wild Giants, spous of Angels and the women of man, who devoured them when the land could not sustain their numbers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Xigan (talk • contribs) 13:22, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

No, it comes from 1 Corinthians 11. --God's Webmaster 19:55, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Religious Veiling

"Spare us?" My addition was entirely non-POV, and, as far as I know, accurate. Isn't it relevant to the article to point out that where veiling IS still practiced in a Catholic context, it is often indicative of religious conservatism? (Provided, as already stated in the article, it is not merely an ethnic custom.) I see no reason whatsoever for it to be reverted... can you please elaborate on your reasons for doing so? 64.212.45.121 17:07, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If that was your edit, why do you appear under two different names, one on the edit, and your IP for the comment? "Spare Us" referred to the use of the obscure, confusing and clearly POV "Pio-Benedictine" -- people who are scholrs yet not pushing sedevacantist POVs normally refer to the 1917 Code and the 1983 Code, not the Pio-Benedictine Code and the Johannine-Pauline Code. The interpretation of canon lkaw, and what is still binding, is POV and could well be subject to a dissertation by those of us who know about canonical precedent. A line that the veil is often used as a signal by folks who style themselves Traditionalist Catholics would be an acceptable notation, and is so made.HarvardOxon 17:31, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

External links

Hi, I've been clearing our poor external linking in wedding related articles (mainly linkspam) and followed wikilinks here. A couple of the external links on this page don't seem to comply with wikipedia's external links guidelines. In particular the Yahoo groups link (forums should not generally be linked to) and the LDS-mormon link (lots of advertizing). Are there important reasons for keeping these particular links in, and if so might there be alternative links to similar content that would not be against the guidelines? Thanks --Siobhan Hansa 20:45, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesans = Middle Eastern Dancers???!!

The bit about Middle Eastern Dancers ("bellydancers") needs to be taken out of the section on courtesans. It is inaccurate and offensive to those of us who practice the art and who have spent many years trying to dispel these ridiculous comparisons. 140.233.137.251 23:23, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Difficult disambiguation

This was difficult one. Firstly I am not entirely sure I have done everything all right, somebody might want to check my effort. Secondly, I was unable to resolve two or three cases, I have marked them. --Ruziklan (talk) 18:58, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is not hijab!

The Rajasthani women in this picture are not wearing hijab! Original image can be seen here. The women are wearing a dupatta. Dupatta is worn by some Muslim South Asian women as hijab but given the fact that traditional Rajasthani attire includes wearing dupatta, majority of Rajasthani women are Hindus and there is no proof that women shown are Muslims, to specifically say that women shown are wearing hijab is inaccurate. Please remove this misleading image. The term hijab cannot be used to refer to any piece of clothing used by women to cover their head especially if that clothing has traditional name. Thanks --Emperor Genius (talk) 16:08, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]