Talk:Veil

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) --Sparviere (talk) 14:29, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

What evidence is there to support the following statement?

Often in modern weddings, the ceremony of removing a face veil after the wedding to present the groom with a virgin bride is skipped, since many couples have already entered into conjugal relations prior to their wedding day – the bride either wears no face veil, or it is lifted before the ceremony begins, but this is not always the case.

Even if that was the traditional symbolism - which is not referenced here, anyway, that I can see - it is highly questionable that the reason for this tradition being "skipped" currently, is that the couple have previously "entered into conjugal relations" [hilariously outdated phrasing, BTW]. What evidence is there of this? Is there a reference that actually suggests that modern wedding ceremonies less often contain this action because the couple has already had sex? This would, I suggest, be very surprising information to most women who have married and omitted this from their weddings, in, say, the last ~40 years! The symbolism, if one accepts it as an accurate representation of why the action was previously commonly performed, may well fit in the likely sexual experience of today's brides, but such a correlation is not causation! Can this assertion please be cited or changed? 115.64.132.182 (talk) 10:51, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Again, similar to above, this:

Further, if a bride is a virgin, she often wears the face veil through the ceremony, and then either her father lifts the veil,

may possibly be an accurate reflection of some ideal of the original symbolism. This entry, however, is saying, as if it were a fact, that modern Western women / couples are deciding whether or not to participate in this part of the ceremony, based on whether the woman has already had sexual intercourse - or else that some external force were enforcing some such rule in compliance with the purported symbolism of the tradition. It may well be less common for this to occur in wedding ceremonies today; it is likely that far fewer women enter into marriage without having already engaged in sex; but that does not justify the way this is written, as if the one circumstance follows the other, as a matter of course! 115.64.132.182 (talk) 11:17, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Veils with religious significance

The significance of choosing to veil has drastically changed in the eyes Muslims in America and in Islamic countries. Choosing not to wear the veil would most likely place one at the bottom of the social ladder; however, choosing whether or not to veil no longer reflects traditional values, but instead reveals preferences of religion, political, or personal conviction.

In The Veil and Urban Space in Istanbul: Women’s Dress, Mobility, and Islamic Knowledge, Anna Secor states, “Women’s veiling choices and their strategies for negotiating the demands of different regimes of veiling in the city are conditioned by the religious understandings that they have formed though their own experiences-which are themselves conditioned by the urban environment,” (Secor 19). The role of the environment and society demonstrates the societal circumstances and pressures of regimes in power. Wearing a veil stands as a declaration of their ideology, acceptance of religion and political outlooks, and social embrace.

In Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi describes a political reason given on television as to why women must veil, “Women’s hair emanates rays that excite men. That’s why women should cover their hair! If in fact it is really more civilized to go without the veil, then animals are more civilized than we are,” (Satrapi 74). This scene depicts the leader of Iran on television telling everyone to follow these new set of political values. Choosing to wear the veil will determine that you are following the political value at that time whether or not you were to be seen “uncivilized” by adhering to the regime’s beliefs. Reinforcing this concept, Satrapi states, “You showed your opposition to the regime by letting a few strands of hair show,” (Satrapi 75). The decision to veil was already determining the political values that they followed or were forced to follow, but how you specifically chose to wear the veil would reflect on your personal character and reveal true sentiments.

Political values have impacted many women’s choice to veil or not because of various principles that it stands for. Whether wearing the veiling incorrectly shows your opposition to the regimes or not, wearing the veil will show how “uncivilized” humans we are in the perspective of these regimes.

(Jacqueline phan (talk) 03:10, 1 December 2010 (UTC))

Please note that wearing a veil for religious reasons is not only an islamic custom as it can be seen in the article. Furthermore, the discussion should be directly related to improvements of the article not just for making statements or quotes.--Turris Davidica (talk) 11:42, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

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)

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)

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)

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 --SiobhanHansa 20:45, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

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)

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)

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)

Contents box

I have never seen the contents box outlined to the right of the article anywhere on Wikipedia. Is this some kind of new policy or something? Shouldn't it be positioned to the left? --Woodcutterty (talk) 17:19, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Referenced Image Missing

In the last paragraph of the subsection "Christian Headcovering", it says, "The photograph here of Mass in the Netherlands in about 1946" but...there is no photograph. ?? Kailey elise (talk) 13:50, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

POV in Jewish section?

Exclamation marks are a good sign that someone has strayed from the NPOV. Madler (talk) 11:36, 7 November 2010 (UTC)