Why monks had that haircut
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- čas přidán 25. 12. 2018
- There was a lot of thought behind the style - and controversy.
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What was the deal with that monk haircut? In this episode of Vox Almanac, Phil Edwards explores the history and controversy behind the style.
Known as "tonsure," the typical monk hairstyle has many variations throughout religions. The particular hairstyle worn by Christian monks has its own variations and controversies as well. Three different types of tonsure were popular: a coronal tonsure, a Pauline tonsure, and a third Celtic tonsure that came to represent the differences between the Roman Catholic and Celtic Catholic church.
The winding path of this tonsure is a new way to look at the division within the religion and the unpredictable ways something like hair can represent faith.
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@Luke nobody cares about your reply either
If you haven't haired.
No thanks. I'll just pay you nothing.
Only 4th century kids will remember this trend
Their aaaaall dead now.
😂😂
Help me Father Mayall, I am “like” #666🤭!
@@jayshadex r/whooooooosh
Jayshade X *they’re
Day 8 of quarantine: learning about monk haircuts
hi5
elbow bump*
Lol made it to 9 days before I thought, "what's up with Monk haircuts?"
😉👍
Have you learned anything new today?
And so, why did monks have that haircut?
@Blake Hunt amen
Shows membership in a particular club. Other cultures also have special hairstyles and beard styles to set priests of different levels / types apart, and also nobility from the plebiscite.
It's a symbolism of Crown of Thorns
bc they followed the jesus
It’s a halo
I had a friend in middle school who shaved his head like that for extra credit in our world history class. He got the credit.
Better have had 100 extra credits
He deserved it.
And the bullying
@@8015908 worth not failing.
I just find it mad you can get any credit for that.
Barber: How may I help you?
Monk: I like Saturn
Barber: Say no more
😢😂😂😂
Lol... Funny 😂😂
Lo, Saturnalia!
underrated comment 💀💀
Saying that you like Saturn would have meant something rather different in the 5th century ;). Something possibly dangerous for a Catholic monk to say.
They had that haircut to ensure a celibate life.
LMFAO!!! So true!!!
Well it did reflect that vow
LMAOOO
💀😂
Chicks dig the tonsure.
Next time I see a skinhead, I'll be sure to tell him I like his pauline tonsure.
please do. or next time you see someone touting an inverted cross as “satanic” tell them you like their petrine cross.
@Jeremy Lueth when I worked at Target there was this very tall guy that I saw every couple of weeks, always wore black, studded leather, sometimes a trench coat. He had a shaved head but there was also a very large, distinguishable scar across the entire top of his head. I never ended up talking to him.
Not really that relevant to your question, but they're probably still around in some parts.
@@thecurtle dude likely had a tumor.
This is a classic video on yt of a guy calling someone a shinhead, only for him to reveal he had chemo hahaha
i like ya cut g
Haha he might think you’re hitting on him
okay but like am i going crazy or was the title question was never answered
Tbh the best thing to do is google it
Sub groups of Catholicism people (Celtic catholic vs Roman catholic) used them as gang signs lol
Nope. You´re not alone on that one.
@@partlyironic yeah I ended up reading some articles instead
They said it very fast and briefly in the beginning of the video. A shaved head normally means englightment and Buddhist munks often shave their heads for that purpose. The tonture loosely resembles Jesus's crown of thorns around this head. Which is why it looks like that.
My heart pounded hard when that skype sound appeared.
LOL same
Facts I was shook 💀
I haven’t used Skype in years, and it still gave me a heart attack
Same... i dont even have skype anymore lmao
Oh, I was thinking it was something different.
the "reverse bowlcut" basically
The opposite of the undercut?
@OctieBoopTurtle an overcut ?
@@piadylan1207 perhaps
Oh nice 😂😂😂😂 I was thinking the same thing
When your parents forgot to use the bowl ._.
FOR THOSE WHO ACTUALLY WANTED THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION “WHY DO MONKS HAVE THAT HAIRCUT?”:
(This is a very quick answer to sum up a lot of historical discussion)
- Hair = riches, power, vanity and sexuality etc. In cutting off their hair, monks were showing their willingness to forgo worldly concerns, principally wealth and sexual relationships - for the same reason, Christian nuns cover their hair.
- alongside this, short hair mimicked those who had become slaves, showing them to be servants to christ
- it is thought that the original disciples of jesus similarly cut their hair
- there was also a strong element of group identity; those of a religious order were instantly recognisable
- it showed discipline; keeping hair in this style required maintenance and not doing so was often seen as abandoning the religious way of life
PS most believe, I think, that the Celtic tonsure was shaved in front of a line running from ear to ear. The Roman = crown of thorns, The Celtic = indicative of slavery
@Chad MacDonald I can't believe he titled his video with "why" and never said why ...
The real question remains tho, why leaving out the side part
Helen. Thank you, people like you deserve an exclusive sky in heaven
Thank you🙏🏻
Thanks.
3:52 Those 7th century computer graphics
The Danielnator HAHA.
🤣🤣🤣👍🏼
I like how this Celtic monk looks chinese
That helped them build the pyramid
Bro got the iFig 😭😭😂
*Barber:* What you want fam?
*Monk:* that 4th century tonsure cut.
*Barber:* ...
*Monk:* ...You ever watch the three stooges?
*Barber:* I got you fam.
*Barber:* Tonsure?! You're gonna have to be more specific, bro!
stoogies
This needs to be top comment
Chris Jays 😂😂🤣😂😂😂👌🏾
Say no mo
Monk's haircut: What I studied for on the exam
Bald spot: What's on the exam
Have my internet points!
I like this meme format
Thats too real for me
Copy..
Paste...
blitzwaffe czcams.com/video/iodydVP6aqM/video.html this video was completely amazing tho
Barber:what do you want today
Monks:you've seen a halo
Barber:say nomore
give up the fight
gives hairdo in the shape of master chief's helmet
Pick your fighter
*MONK HAIRCUT*
or
*BOWL CUT*
or
*MULLET*
Thats a great n tough question
Mullet is king
Mullet all day
Mullet all the way
Bowl cut is the school shooter
It’s circumcision for the head.
Napoleon I Bonaparte 😂😂😂😂😂😂
The other head 😅😅
At least one thing grows back.
oltedders trust me, skin can grow back.
@@Xuepreme69
Not where it counts. A foreskin isn't anymore replaceable than a missing ear.
Vox, answering all the questions you never asked
lmao
I have wondered this question.
Rotfl
Vox, masters of getting utterly useless information nobody was thinking about on trending.
... but always makes you want to know the answer
“Damn. I’m losing my hair. How can I keep people from knowing? I guess I could shave it just a little more and say it’s a religious thing.”
The very reason that this was ever used as a haircut is because that's exactly how guys lose their hair when they age...
the haircut is kind of like a "well there's already a spot there let's make it uniform and say we did it on purpose"
This is my hypothesis as to why the samurai haircut has the top of the head shaved
Hahahahahahaahah i thought of it too
And monks couldn't afford Rogaine.
Same reason balding guys shave their head these days: "Bald is a choice, balding is not."
More than uniform. Id say it conveys wisdom.
How DO you come up with these ridiculously curious topic? Great video.
Religion, dec 25th... It's on topic somehow ..
Stay curious
It isnt extremely ridiculous. Or maybe I am just a typical European
@@zweij they didn't say ridiculous they said "ridiculously curious" as in unique or uncommon I assume. not trying to start something I just feel like the OP wasnt trying to be rude
(sitting in the office, staring at the ceiling)
Vox content creator: Gee, why did priests have those weird hairstyles back then? (taps pen to the lips)
1:45 I thought someone was calling me on skype loll
I also got trolled
same here 😔✊🏼
I don't even have skype, but it trolled me
It’s impressive sound design for sure
I knew it was Skype and not a traditional on-site interview by the sound/video quality, sure, but immediately by the ringtone
bruh i actually spotted the vid for sec
i love how the question "why" they had their haircuts and for what reason is not answered
they did mention it at least: "possibly modelled after Jesus' crown of thorns"
Back then, they thought it was trendy, so imagine in 100 years that our now trendy hairstyles will be considered weird in the future
Trendy hairstyles of 10 years ago are already considered weird
Ikr
Fun fact: in Sweden doughnuts are called monks because they look like their hair.
where did u learn this?
@@funkymonkey7202 Jag lärde mig det från att bo i Sverige hela mitt liv.
@@arvaborelius7269
Jag trodde du såg den på en artikel eller något. Men det är coolt.
Barber : what u want?
Me: let me get that 35 before Christ fade
Barber: amen my guy say no more.
Sewa Kevin Lassey you need more likes
Sewa Kevin Lassey 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣czcams.com/video/iodydVP6aqM/video.html my reaction to it
35 BCE?????
*AD
Obviously
sikid4000 even 35 AD is way off
Me: has a test tomorrow
CZcams: HEY WANNA WATCH A VIDEO ABOUT MONK HAIRCUTS?
Pious up front,
Party in the back.
Underrated comment
I have a nice fade, does that mean I'm super holy?
But you dont
Saturn worship
Is your barber the abbot of your monastery?
Actually just a HUGE forehead
Nah just a duechbag
That ain't hair mate, that's a ring! A head-ring
They marry their head
Your own halo
@@k.s.4010 Lmao, nukes are nothing. I eat them for breakfast.
Only one that thinks it looks pretty good on some?
One ring to rule them all
Buddhist monks shaved their heads as a sign of letting go of attachment because back in the day, in the region having long hair was a sign of manliness and men were pretty attached to it.
Real reason: bunch of old dudes wanting to level the playing field by sabotaging hair of young dudes.
Always thought they were just bald...
Did you think they went bald because they were monks or they were monks because they'd gone bald?
@@riflemanm16a2 omg is the chicken and egg question
I always thought they were young men trying to look like old men with male pattern baldness.
Brendan Johnson that is Japan you thinking of.
Cartoon for kids
I always thought they were just balding, so they would cut it that way.
@@russiaprivjet iim
@@russiaprivjet lll
Could be true. Maybe they were just hiding that fact. Like how back then, those men used to wear powdered wigs because of some disease or illness (can't remember).
Ok, now explain Trump's.....
trump:french fries please
Barber:I gotchu
CZcams is scary. This video is recommended right exact on the same day I learned about European monks at school
Joe Ligmama I played a roblox game today and i watched flamingo and in the roblox game i was building a boat and added a ladder and i climbed it and then i fell from the ladder and the youtuber said ”no im falling!!!” something like that
Every breath you take,
Every step you make,
Every vow you break
Every move you take
They'll be watching you.
This was recommended to me after I shaved my head........weird.
Holy grail
But
You probably search for it on Google earlier that day
Not scary at all
Im naturally inclined to have a tonsure! Thanks dad!
Tends to skip a generation, so thank your grandfathers.
actually the gene for hair loss comes from the chromosome you got from your mother
You were born to be a monk
*Monk: I like onion rings*
*Barber: Ah, I gotchu*
As I approach 70-years of age, nature and nature's God are solving the tonsure issue for me. It is called pattern baldness. It does in fact resemble a tonsure, so now I can B.S. my way around my baldness. Thanks, Vox.
Yeah, a 70 year old grandpa on CZcams writing like a Millennial, anything is possible I guess. You need to spare your knuckles grandpa. :)
The triangle would make sense as a symbol of the "Holy Trinity "
*_Because god liked it so he put a ring on it_*
Very good!
nice
I always appreciate it in character creators when they let me give my character a tonsure for a hairstyle.
We got to get them to adopt the triangular tonsure now.
I plan to add that alternative for a character in my game. Though, this video was weird. The guy didn't give (at least in the video) any evidence of this triangular tonsure. He just said, so I assumed it had to be simple, and some modelers I knew did this design, so this is how it was.
Mount and blade anybody?
To make sure they won’t get laid
3:45 omg i laughed so hard at that "computer graphic" from 20 years ago, i can see all 12 polygons that make up the human face lol
Hey, don't be mean, back then they had to use basicpy calculators to make that image.
I want to see someone pull this look off though.
I bet there is SOMEONE out there rocking this haircut.
Middle aged men?
@@nomadicamusicx I mean someone who cut their hair like that on purpose. 😂
@Marion Delgado Well... I guess I wouldn't.
Faith usually new born babies and toddler can rock this style😂 I’ve seen it before on a few babies
i am here, well being.
Being a good person and believing in God is not enough. You have to have the perfect haircut too 😜 Early fashionistas! 😂
"Fabulous for god!" :D
omfg
None of this is in the Bible.
@@anunayasingh3621 no one said they're the same thing
@@MyiaLaShaun even laws are non in the bible.
As a stylist and a history nerd, this gives me a braingasm.
I'm shocked. They had to cut their hair like that?? I thought it was just early onset male pattern baldness!
They just balding innit
Time for bed..
*WHY DO MUNKS HAVE THAT HAIRCUT*
well damn
goodnight
It 4: 20 am
they made the young monks have it,so the old monks dont look bald .
"You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard." Leviticus 19:27
That's in the old testament, those ceremonial laws have been fulfilled in Christ, now we are under the new covenant
Consume Milk that law only applied to Jews from the nation of Israel not new covenant Jews and gentile Christians
@@huydo1930 uh huh okay
@@huydo1930 u can't nit pick your testament. either follow the bible or not...or only the parts that suit u ?
I love the parallel that was drawn between the monks' tonsure and today's style of shaving the sides of the head!
Elena Lenkova got to hide the greyiez
A triangle? Illuminati confirmed
*BECOME ONE OF US FOLLOW THE LIGHT AND YOULL SEE THE PATH*
Annunaki confirmed...
It’s a Ziggurat, They are followers of Enki’s son Thoth, Hermes Trismegistus and his Ancient School of Mysteries. To the Sumerians he was Ningizzida; he may have been Enoch to the Jews, Odin to the Scandinavians, Wotan to the Teutons, and some even suggest Buddha. We might know him now as Mr. Wednesday.
“Do you have faith, Shadow? Do you know me? Do you know what I am? Do you want to know my name? This is what I am called. I am called Glad-O-War, Grim, Raider, and Third. I am One-eyed. I am also called Highest, and True-Guesser. I am Grimnir, and the Hooded One. I am All-Father, Gondlir, Wand-bearer. I have as many names as there are winds. As many titles as there are ways to die. My ravens are Huginn and Muninn. Thought and Memory. My wolves are Freki and Geri. My horse is the gallowed. I am Odin!”
Your profile pic fit that perfectly
That meme is older than my mum.
Monks: can I get a onion ring
Barber: I got you fam
The degree to which I would roast an ancient monk is unfathomable
1:45 that skype pranked me even i know i dont have skype
Those computer graphics are from the 7th century lol
Because it was, and still is, fashionable.
Funny thing is I could see all of these haircuts as completely normal
In my religion, we mostly had our tonsures removed as children or teens, to represent the removal of the evils of strep throat. We usually celebrated with ice cream.
I want join. How I join?
Mathuín Ó mhuire wooosh
@Mathuín Ó mhuire r/wooosh
I guess much like a razor would on a monk...
That one went over his head
The Church of Otolaryngology 🙏🏽
Tonsure? I hardly knew her!
sorry. very interesting vid, btw!
Jesse H. Very interesting!!! czcams.com/video/iodydVP6aqM/video.html
You sly dog!
I always understood that the monastic tonsure wasn’t just a symbol of separation from the world but a means to avoid vanity. It resembles a man losing his hair, something that all men, even back then, would worry about.
I've always wanted to know..... I feel like a five-year-old child asking my mother stupid questions and getting answers !!!🤭
1:51
C O N T R O V E R S I E S
epic
Ur picture goes beautifully with your comment
Lol
Feel smarter saying it like that 😂
I was sure for a second that he said 'The Ramen Church' at 2:02, and I was like 'Dude.. THAT'S my kinda religion!"
* slurps in reverence *
🍜
@Beatrice Jane * tips his colander hat *
Ra-amen brothers
Your pfp triggers me. Like I don’t comment extremely often but it bothers me soooooo much.
New Message R-amen
R'amen.
I know a Pauline Tonsure, actually. Nice lass; bit bald up top.
This was super interesting and really well produced.
FaZe Banks has this haircut
Brother Banks*
@@Joji_Joestar Bless you🙏
@@Joji_Joestar lmao
Me: I know a pretty good amount of information, I am content.
Me: *sees this video*
Nevermind, I definitely need to know this. I didn’t know I needed to know this until just now.
Same! Now I’m just biding my time until someone says anything about a monk!! I’m pulling this bad boy right out
No one ever has ENOUGH knowledge, you did good my dude. You did good.
Back in the day it was a big trend among the monks
I'll head to my barber tonight and ask for the tonsure
Haha my haircut is better
Chutiya
Its the most majestic haircut I've ever seen
What a majestic haircut
XD
How are you on every dang video???
It’s 4:30 in the morning... what am I doing with my life? 🤨
Wasting it while You could be riding me
mojor struś Well that escalated quickly
@@MkMasterMike yes
Sydney Mancuso same
Sydney Mancuso the link answers it all...
And I worked all this out just from looking at pictures of Thomas Aquinas
the videos of you guys are just phenomenal
So is this going to become trendy? Tonsure Challenge? Monking? Triangle Hair Style?
At this point it wouldn't surprise me.
Another hypothesis: it’s actually a bald head monk who didn’t want people laughing at him and so told everyone that it’s to be closer to god
Lol probably
No it’s more like being called something else
There's no way that you can convince me that this wasn't started by some guys who were embarrassed about their bald spots, and decided to make the bald spot a fashion trend that everyone else had to follow.
It's "I'm part of a cool trend, I'm not going bald!" and it ended up lasting for centuries because other balding men like the idea too.
Tambien penso es, pero tambien en que querian representar a los santos con el circulo en su cabeza, pero la verdad sigo sin saberlo
I dunno why but I always enjoy watching stuff like this like just some random facts that explain little things I didn't cared about until now lol
Answer: They copied the villagers from Minecraft.
Can we get 1000 subs for Kermit to survive oh yes, minecraft the oldest of religions with servers so high in class that the words “heck” and “frick” are taboo best religion 👌👏
They're 100% bald dude.
Barber: How may I help you?
Monk: gimmi dat inverse bowlcut
Barber: Say no more
No mention of having the cut show signs of maturity. The crown is a usual sign for the light hair folk. The grey horse hair wigs in the day is another example.
Thank you for the interesting video and thank you that you give subtitle too, because so it is easier to understand and follow the content.
I love how the music in their videos always suits the time period of the topic and the pictures are even synced with it as well. Such attention to detail.
Earlier in McDonald's I was high af. A worker comes up to me and asked me "Do you want a tray sir". I stand there and look at him for about 5 seconds and say"...I'm already Tracer"
r/thathappened
During Spanish colonization in the Philippines, friars have a coronal tonsure in different missions such as Agustinians, Franciscans and Dominicans and one of the famous friars used in the tonsure was Padre Damaso in a novel “Noli Me Tangere”
I thought it was supposed to represent a halo, to kinda signify they’re like angels or something??
Amazing video as always. I love all the research and effort put into every one of your videos
Music is way too loud.
The idea that the fade is just reverse monk style at the end just tickles me to death. 💀
Like a receptor or a antenna hair holds and conducts energy. The crown chakra in this instance of a friar cut realized intuitively. It is also called the Sahasrara or thousand peddled Lotus located beneath the fontanelle of the skull. This is why youth is usually more intuitive because the fontanelle is still open with the soft spot and it’s eventual closure.
Barber: Whatchu gettin'?
Monk: The Humble Rim👌
Barber: Say no more. Infinite roast on the way my guy.
They just had a drunk barber. You didn't need to research much on this. Just drunk barbers
Plot twist: one of the popes was bald and didn’t want to feel left out among the full-headed monks.
That call ring tone make my heartbeat go fast.
Ah now I know why Faze Banks have this hairstyle. God bless father faze banks.
Will this trend in 2019?
Will school kids still be picking their nose all the time?
@@Robert-yf1kn teacher says being hygienic is good. So yes they will.
@@swayamsahu8078 Kids pick there nose with their fingers and thats not good hygienic and they eat the boogers.
@@Robert-yf1kn omg, so whenever you saw anyone who do, please stop them.
Turn the background music up... i can still hear you a little.
Imagine being so fragile you're enraged by a haircut.
Wobbles and Bean As a hairdresser, I reserve the right to be enraged by haircuts.
Why not? Plenty of people in CZcams comments sections are enraged about far less.