Covering their heads by people is an age-old world custom. It was generally considered good culture and respectable behavior for all social, formal, and religious functions. Some people keep this tradition even today.
A Brahman went out for a morning bath in the river as usual. After a quick dip, he came running home forgetting his turban there. His wife seeing him coming without a turban on his head, starting crying, assuming someone had died. When the Brahman came into the house, finding his wife weeping, he also stared weeping a loud. This set everybody who came there, weeping. When they stopped, one member asked, "Who is dead?" The lady said the Brahman knows it because he came home without a turban. The Brahman immediately uttered, "oh! Where is my turban? Yes. I forgot it at river in the morning. The water was very cold and it was windy." A turban was expected never to be forgotten by a respectable or a religious person.
For the Sikh, it is a religious symbol rather then merely a social symbol of honor. We cannot copy other cultures in leaving the hair unattended or hanging down. We also cannot cut our hair; there is only one way to keep the hair; that is to tie it on your head and cover it with a Dastaar
Females are allowed to wear Dastar. Even when they wear dastar requires that they keep their chunni (scarf) on their shoulders to cover the upper part of the body as a matter of graceful dressing. some women wear a slightly different kind of small turban called keski, which holds the hair on the head. The males also wear a small dastar on their heads when staying in side the house. In public, however, they are always expected to wear a normal size dastar.
These days Dumalla style turban is getting popular .in sikh youth .Dumalla style of turban is generally worn by Nihang Sikhs . This is a warrior style turban meant for going into battle. The "Chand Tora" is a metal symbol consisting of a crescent and a double edged sword, it is held in place at the front of the turban by woven chainmail cord tied in a pattern within the turban to protect the head from slashing weapons.
Dumalla helps to protect your head in a proper way.The most common style(double patti turban) doesn't protect one's head that effectively and ofcourse Dumalla helps you in getting recognized as a Khalsa FIRST and FOREMOST :)
This is a very simple and basic Dhamala Sikh turban. This is the most popular turban among young Sikhs of the Nihung Jathebandiz Akhand Kirtani Jatha and also quite popular among those of Damdami Taksal in countries like America, the United Kingdom and Canada.
