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[[File:Chamba Rumal .jpg|thumb| ''Rumāl'' with scenes of ''[[gopi]]s''
worshiping [[Krishna]]. Late 18th to early 19th century, [[Chamba district]], [[Himachal Pradesh]], India. Ceremonial/ritual furnishing, silk embroidery on cotton. [[LACMA]] textile collection]]

A '''rumāl''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਰੁਮਾਲ) is a piece of clothing similar to a [[handkerchief]] or [[bandana]]. It is worn by [[Sikh]] men who cut their hair and other guests when they are in a [[Gurdwara]]. Covering the head is respectful in [[Sikhism]] and if a man is not wearing a [[turban]], then a rumāl must be worn before entering the Gurdwara. Rumāls are also worn by Sikh children on their [[Kesh (Sikhism)|topknot]], and by Sikh males while engaging in athletic activities.

In most Gurdwaras, there is often a basket of rumāls outside for welcoming in more guests. If there are no rumāls supplied by the Gurdwara then a clean and plain handkerchief is the most suitable cloth to use.

Outside the context of Sikhism, a rumāl is simply the [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] word for handkerchief, and will be understood as such. Its association with Sikhism is not implied.

The rumāl was used by the [[Thugee]]s in India as a method of strangulation. A coin was knotted in one end of the scarf, and would be swung around the neck of the victim, who would then be strangled. In the 1970s television series ''[[Dad's Army]]'', [[Lance-Corporal Jack Jones|Corporal Jones]] attempts to strangle Captain Ramsey with such a rumāl in the episode "[[We Know Our Onions]]".<ref name="Popplewell1995">{{cite book|author=Richard James Popplewell|title=Intelligence and imperial defence: British intelligence and the defence of the Indian Empire, 1904-1924|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H44J2uDSE2cC&pg=PA11|access-date=16 April 2011|year=1995|publisher=Frank Cass|isbn=978-0-7146-4580-3|page=11}}</ref><ref name="GreshWeinberg2008">{{cite book|author1=Lois H. Gresh|author2=Robert Weinberg|title=Why Did It Have To Be Snakes: From Science to the Supernatural, The Many Mysteries of Indiana Jones|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tAc7BESPBYkC&pg=PA104|access-date=16 April 2011|date=4 April 2008|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|isbn=978-0-470-22556-1|pages=104–107}}</ref>

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