PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH MY HAIR
So on Saturday I went to braid my hair at my usual
customer’s place, I’m not a fan of weaves so I usually braid my hair except for
once in a blue moon occasion like a wedding(where I have to fix); that’s if I’m
going to be a bride’s maid.
When they were almost done with my hair; a lady walked into
the salon; she wanted to make dreadlocks. As one of the salon girls was about
starting her hair, the lady asked her, “Madam, are you nursing a child?” The
salon girl said yes, but my baby is breastfeeding. The lady then said “you
cannot make my hair, the hair will cut”; that anyone pregnant, breastfeeding or
nursing a child cannot make her hair because it would cut except if the child
was already walking.
In my mind, I was like what, what type of thing is that? Why
is your hair opposed to anyone bringing forth life? In fact, how did she know the salon girl had something to do with a
child (because she wasn’t even carrying a baby; neither was there a baby in
sight).
I kept thinking to myself did she do a ritual or a sacrifice
that she was warned that anyone pregnant or nursing a child should not touch
her hair?
Anyone that watches Yoruba movies would immediately feel
some way about this, or maybe I watch too many Yoruba movies, lol.
If you watch Yoruba movies, you would see all sorts, there’s
always a sacrifice to be carried, there’s always a baba to visit, lol. Whenever I watch a Yoruba movie, I keeping
asking myself are all these things real, do they still happen? But I’ve come to
realize that as long as it’s being played on TV, then it must really be
happening.
Anyway, back to my original gist, maybe it’s just her own
fetish, people have a different fetish,
and if you hear some people’s own eh, you will marvel. I personally do not have
a fetish (Praise God), not saying anyone that have one; that something is wrong
with them oh, I’m just saying.
So over to you; do you find such things (like the one I
narrated above) strange?
Do you have such similar beliefs? Or have you ever
experienced/heard something just as weird? I would love to hear all about
it.
Thank you for reading.
2 comments
This is such a strange story, if I were the other ladies in the salon,I won't even agree to do her hair again. This one is more than her own preference, there has to be more to it...
ReplyDeleteLol this is a very funny story eh. Really I support you Damola, if I was in that salon as a hairdresser I won't touch her at all sef. Why would one be anti-life?! 😲⁉⁉❓❔
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