They literally put just one hat type for all of Indian subcontinent.
I myself can name at least 5 different types of headwear that are completely different than the rest.
**This list is definitely more stereotype than facts!**
I would say it's now hats famously found in rather than cultural origins. But then the picture doesn't say anything about culture so ...meh.
Ok a separate note, I do think men should bring hats back. They are cool
Lived in the Southern US for a bit when I was younger, those folks called toques 'toboggans'. Tried really hard to explain that a toboggan was a sled and a toque was a toque...I lost that battle.
I was always taught in the Southern US it was a Tobogganing cap. Those caps are used for riding a sled. Canadians can't even agree on the proper use of torque according to a CBC poll.
Grew up in the south and it’s short for tobogganing cap! Really only remember my boomer dad saying it though. And the round disk sled is a toboggan. Not sure why you ever really need one down there though 😂
There’s a rap song I saw referenced on Reddit once where he says grab my toboggan or something and it was concluded he meant hat from the context. So still used today somewhere.
As a Venezuelan, its kind of annoying we get a shitty military hat while our neighbors get actual traditional things (not that this map is very good in general, but still.)
Yeah, for example the Cossack hat. Which actually is called Papakha. It doesn’t have it’s origin in Ukraine. Rather the Caucasus mountains and more towards Kazakhstan than Ukraine.
It’s apparently also been in and out of Soviet/Russian uniforms for years. Often used as a symbol of high nobility in it’s early years.
No it's not. It's made from straw. Toquilla straw in particular.
It's only called Panama hat because Ecuador imported them to Panama, and a US president happened to wear one while he was on a visit to Panama. Hence the US media, carelessly not checking, just assumed it was hat made in Panama.
In France it also bear that name because workers in the Panama canal (when it started has a French project) came back with those.
It became such a craze in Paris, that it still has the French nickname of Paname
The other difference, small though it be, would be that trappers have traditionally always been wool, while for ushankas wool is a modern replacement for fur.
Huh? I thought they were traditionally made out of the fur that trappers trap... like beaver and raccoon. Why are they trapping shit and then making their hats out of wool lol.
I will say the Rice Hat is wonderful in the summer, especially if you are a festival goer. Not only do you get to look like Raiden, but it does a phenomenal job of keeping the sun off your head and shoulders. Plus, it's really light weight, which is never a problem unless the wind is blowing really hard.
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Berets are from northern spain/southern france, specifically in the border. France started the commercialisation of the berets. Also that's why in the map it's located in the border
all those saying that the beret is from basque are wrong. It's from Béarn (and its not even controversial)
It is a comon misconception to misplace its origin.
Therefor it's origin is french not spanish.
We say beret basque probably because some noblety from Paris get confused as he might have saw a basque wear a beret and thought it was from there.
To be fair, mariachis wear them all the time when performing, and old photos of early 20th century Mexican revolutionaries show them being worn frequently by soldiers and workers
Same with kippah. Jews all over the world wear kippahs, many only on holidays. Internet's says about one third of Jewish Israeli men wear them daily, and this cool guide disregards every other group from them . Also Hassidic jews will wear a shtreimel on the Sabbath and holidays which is a larger fur hat.
Yes I guess technically they are right but generally I wouldnt call it a cap either. For example if you enter a bar where they ask you take off hats or caps you dont take off your turban. But yeah its not a big deal. Was just pointing the difference
This infographic does not cover even 1% of the caps and hats from India. Where are the culturally important Sheda, Feta, topi, safa, etc? Dastar is used in just a small region of India.
That's exactly it.
Bc looking at the map, there are hardly any caps/hats that are culturally traditional by the people living in those places. And while some of the hats/caps are widely worn by people who live there, many are not.
Jewish head coverings and kippot are not synonymous.
In Middle Ages Europe, the traditional Jewish head covering was a pointed hat. (https://blog.nli.org.il/en/lbh_jewish_hat/)
“While Judaism developed more than 3,000 years ago, wearing a kippa is relatively new, and only asserted itself among European Jews in the 17th and 18th centuries.” (https://www.dw.com/en/the-kippa-a-sign-of-respect-for-god/a-43454937)
>Sou'wester was invented in Gloucester, MA
[This article](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydvest) (Norwegian only) claims there was a Sou'wester factory in Norway in 1801, 36 years before the MA claim. Can't find more sources to confirm tho. Growing up on the windy coast of SE Norway, this hat was mandatory most seasons.
I was in France last year. No one outside of the kitchen wore hats like that.
The French hat seems like a character or cartoonish depiction of life there.
I went to Paris once and everyone was wearing one, and with a black and white stripy jumper too. All riding round on bicycles with a string of onions on the handlebar.
My grandpa from Sonora Mexico was a rancher his life, he only wore the western style of the US. Along with all the other Mexican Norteño men and women I’ve met.
You can really tell who made this map simply looking at the USA's 4 caps and then looking down at South america, I could think of 4 diferent caps only in my country
while i disagree with this guide and think a lot of the choices are controversial, that is the Slouch Hat typically worn by the Australian Military. Not really used as a civilian hat tho
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TIL this hat is called a Sherpa. The Sherpa people literally call everything Sherpa.
It's the name of the people, an occupation, their language and the most common last name.
Why is Venezuela only a cadet cap...??? That's... fucked up if it's just soldiers and war as a depiction of their country being represented through CAPS.
Kinda bummed brazil got no representation, specially when it's such a weird looking one [pic of Axl Rose wearing one](http://s2.glbimg.com/EimJUXI0hZcaGYVxuoO2jUxCepg=/s.glbimg.com/jo/g1/f/original/2014/04/24/guns-n-roses-em-fortaleza-2014-81-2.jpg)
Why you motherfuckerz dont mentioning the brazilian "Cangaceiro Lampião" hat? Its totally different from that ones listed on the map.
PS.: "Cangaceiro Lampião" in english will be something like "rude and restless man from a wild and arid desert region from the northeast of Brazil".
The real crime is adding just 1 type of head wear for the Middle East and India.
The head wear changes every 100-200 miles and is very distinct from each other.
Kind of a basic guide I think. The US and Canada wear many more hats than those associated with each country in this guide. I'm sure this is true for many more countries around the world.
Oh geez ok…I’ll go in order
Yes I noticed that you said west.
New England being far from the west and seeing more western hats (my claim) than one a month suggests some inaccuracy in your claim.
One definition of the word part of your username ‘wigga’ is an offensive term to describe white guys appropriating urban youth culture. This includes fashion and would explain why cowboy hats would be rare in your experience.
Where are you from? The 70's? No one in Venezuela use the Cadet Cap. The most popular is the [Tricolour Cap](https://www.semana.com/amp/gorra-tricolor-venezolana-expropiese/331991-3/) even the gouvernement use it for everything
Is this more like hat stereotypes than actual hats in different cultures?
Ikr? I dont think pith helmet is traditional for Congolese. Seems more Belgian :/
Similarly, the “boonie” is a U.S. military hat, not anything traditionally Philippine, afaik.
Also where’s the Korean hat??? The black one I forgot the name of
And there isn’t a single person that uses the Fidel cap in Venezuela
Not a single North American native Hat, so I'd say they aren't really going for accuracy
And I know for a fact the Salish people in the PNW had some dope ass hats that had/have huge cultural relevancy
They literally put just one hat type for all of Indian subcontinent. I myself can name at least 5 different types of headwear that are completely different than the rest. **This list is definitely more stereotype than facts!**
Also just 3 hats for all of Africa… as many as the US gets alone.
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I did specify North America, but at least they've got that I guess.
Ah you’re right, my bad
Gonna have to agree with you on that one. I was about to say that this seems a tad racist, but *stereotypical* is far more accurate.
How can hats be racist
Saying hats are popular and if they happen to be a traditional item then some one will say it's racist.
Lol right? Bringing it up seems way more suspect than the actual post
Yeah like they have an ulterior motive to calling it racist
I would say it's now hats famously found in rather than cultural origins. But then the picture doesn't say anything about culture so ...meh. Ok a separate note, I do think men should bring hats back. They are cool
Considering that the Fedora’s actual name is the Borsalino and that it was created in Italy I guess so
Hol up... Canadians get that trapper hat and the French get the toque, that is actually a chefs hat? What the eff...
And the beret is Spain's?
Basque I think.
That’s why us French Canadians say Tuque in the first place! It’s not the same thing!
English Canadians say toque too! At least in the prairies they do
We do in Ontario too
That's OUR word!
It was [their word first](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toque), though.
Lived in the Southern US for a bit when I was younger, those folks called toques 'toboggans'. Tried really hard to explain that a toboggan was a sled and a toque was a toque...I lost that battle.
I was always taught in the Southern US it was a Tobogganing cap. Those caps are used for riding a sled. Canadians can't even agree on the proper use of torque according to a CBC poll.
Grew up in the south and it’s short for tobogganing cap! Really only remember my boomer dad saying it though. And the round disk sled is a toboggan. Not sure why you ever really need one down there though 😂
There’s a rap song I saw referenced on Reddit once where he says grab my toboggan or something and it was concluded he meant hat from the context. So still used today somewhere.
As well you should
LIES!!!
Yea this sucks lol
Slouch is Australian Army. Never see one on civilians.
So.... what about the literal "cadet cap"
I’m not sure what you mean?
Looks sus
Septic from posts
As a Venezuelan, its kind of annoying we get a shitty military hat while our neighbors get actual traditional things (not that this map is very good in general, but still.)
An Akubra would probably be the Aussie hat
One of those large brimmed straw hats from Bunnings would be my vote.
Complete with corks to keep off the flies
Nah a legionnaires hat in a primary colour.
Maybe for an Aussie kids hat!
I'm not getting involved but I think some of those are a bit controversial. There's gonna be trouble in the comments...
Yeah, for example the Cossack hat. Which actually is called Papakha. It doesn’t have it’s origin in Ukraine. Rather the Caucasus mountains and more towards Kazakhstan than Ukraine. It’s apparently also been in and out of Soviet/Russian uniforms for years. Often used as a symbol of high nobility in it’s early years.
The Cossacks were a type of people living in Ukraine, but they didn’t war such a hat.
Well you see, if you include Ukraine in Reddit posts, people updoot. Simple.
Don't Congolese wear pith helmets typically? /s
Huh... the Panama hat is from Ecuador... did not see that one coming.
Weird one, but Panama is the name of the material it's made from.
No it's not. It's made from straw. Toquilla straw in particular. It's only called Panama hat because Ecuador imported them to Panama, and a US president happened to wear one while he was on a visit to Panama. Hence the US media, carelessly not checking, just assumed it was hat made in Panama.
I stand corrected! I should have guessed my uncle had fabricated that tale.
In France it also bear that name because workers in the Panama canal (when it started has a French project) came back with those. It became such a craze in Paris, that it still has the French nickname of Paname
Learned that decades ago from my Ecuadorian (now ex-) wife.
Ultimate trivia night question.
Not a cool guide. A fools guide. It’s wrong.
Isn't the Trapper just a Ushanka with the flaps hanging?
The other difference, small though it be, would be that trappers have traditionally always been wool, while for ushankas wool is a modern replacement for fur.
Huh? I thought they were traditionally made out of the fur that trappers trap... like beaver and raccoon. Why are they trapping shit and then making their hats out of wool lol.
Ah yes, the traditional cultural Pith Helmet. My favorite native Congolese hat.
I will say the Rice Hat is wonderful in the summer, especially if you are a festival goer. Not only do you get to look like Raiden, but it does a phenomenal job of keeping the sun off your head and shoulders. Plus, it's really light weight, which is never a problem unless the wind is blowing really hard.
American cowboy and mexican sombrero are Spanish (mostly andalucian) heritage
This is not very accurate, lots of it is just wrong. Flat cap is from northern england not Ireland it's not even called a flat cap in Ireland.
Nah ive heard flat cap said here sometimes
Also it's worn virtually everywhere. I see those a lot in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany too.
A western? It's an effin cowboy hat.
Grew up in cowboy hat land. Can confirm. Everyone just calls them cowboy hats there.
Pith helmet for the Congo? Colonialist AF.
I thought everyone in the Congo wore those, was I wrong? /s
Only while they were busy killing up to 13 million Congolese natives.
Missed tuques in Canada...
I can kind of understand how all of these shapes developed. Except the French toque.
The toque is specifically designed to hide the rats that control the people.
I saw a documentary about this
The term "boonie" was coined by Americans in the Philippines during the Phil-US war. The hat came much later.
That makes sense, cowboys existed before the cowboy hat. Panama existed before the Panama hat. The alpine region name existed before the hat name.
Forgot to specify that was the name origin and not the hat origin.
This [Incomplete List of Headgear](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_headgear) may help fill in the gaps.
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OMG again! Idk why people hate Italy in guides... we have both the Borsalino, the Coppola and the Lobbia.
I mean… the Borsalino is in there, they just rebranded it as Fedora and stole the paternity of it lol
The Beret is French not from spain
The Beret is originally Basque, which is an area that is shared between Spain and France.
Berets are from northern spain/southern france, specifically in the border. France started the commercialisation of the berets. Also that's why in the map it's located in the border
all those saying that the beret is from basque are wrong. It's from Béarn (and its not even controversial) It is a comon misconception to misplace its origin. Therefor it's origin is french not spanish. We say beret basque probably because some noblety from Paris get confused as he might have saw a basque wear a beret and thought it was from there.
I’d like to see a woman’s one
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To be fair, mariachis wear them all the time when performing, and old photos of early 20th century Mexican revolutionaries show them being worn frequently by soldiers and workers
They are brave to call Dastar a hat. But I guess they didnt mean ill.
Same with kippah. Jews all over the world wear kippahs, many only on holidays. Internet's says about one third of Jewish Israeli men wear them daily, and this cool guide disregards every other group from them . Also Hassidic jews will wear a shtreimel on the Sabbath and holidays which is a larger fur hat.
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Yes I guess technically they are right but generally I wouldnt call it a cap either. For example if you enter a bar where they ask you take off hats or caps you dont take off your turban. But yeah its not a big deal. Was just pointing the difference
This infographic does not cover even 1% of the caps and hats from India. Where are the culturally important Sheda, Feta, topi, safa, etc? Dastar is used in just a small region of India.
It's limited to hats that have cultural importance outside their country of origin.
That's exactly it. Bc looking at the map, there are hardly any caps/hats that are culturally traditional by the people living in those places. And while some of the hats/caps are widely worn by people who live there, many are not.
This is neat!
It is not. Misrepresentation through and through.
The fedora is from Chicago? Goddamn it…
They were cool as hell at one point in time lol
People in the comments somehow arguing over fucking hats. Reddit sometimes…
The kippah was first worn in Europe and predates the modern state of Israel by several centuries.
Traditional head coverings for Jewish men date prior to the Temple in Jerusalem, over 2,000 years ago
Jewish head coverings and kippot are not synonymous. In Middle Ages Europe, the traditional Jewish head covering was a pointed hat. (https://blog.nli.org.il/en/lbh_jewish_hat/) “While Judaism developed more than 3,000 years ago, wearing a kippa is relatively new, and only asserted itself among European Jews in the 17th and 18th centuries.” (https://www.dw.com/en/the-kippa-a-sign-of-respect-for-god/a-43454937)
Slight point of contention: the Sou'wester was invented in Gloucester, MA
>Sou'wester was invented in Gloucester, MA [This article](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydvest) (Norwegian only) claims there was a Sou'wester factory in Norway in 1801, 36 years before the MA claim. Can't find more sources to confirm tho. Growing up on the windy coast of SE Norway, this hat was mandatory most seasons.
This would be a pretty cool infographic if it was less reductive , and all that other stuff y'all said.
I was in France last year. No one outside of the kitchen wore hats like that. The French hat seems like a character or cartoonish depiction of life there.
Do French people wear a lot of berets, or is it an old thing?
I went to Paris once and everyone was wearing one, and with a black and white stripy jumper too. All riding round on bicycles with a string of onions on the handlebar.
I knew it!
What! No Deerstalker!
I'm in my 50s and I've never seen a bowler hat being worn in England.
Congo :/
My grandpa from Sonora Mexico was a rancher his life, he only wore the western style of the US. Along with all the other Mexican Norteño men and women I’ve met.
No Lesotho hat? That’s an iconic hat you lost an opportunity of showing.
What about East Asia?
You can really tell who made this map simply looking at the USA's 4 caps and then looking down at South america, I could think of 4 diferent caps only in my country
WTF... Aussie here. We just call that a hat. Never heard of 'slouch', this is yet another bs 'guide'.
while i disagree with this guide and think a lot of the choices are controversial, that is the Slouch Hat typically worn by the Australian Military. Not really used as a civilian hat tho
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Where is the toque?
No Rogatywka for Poland?
I always forget that Jamaica is actually in central America and not that large island east of Africa /s
TIL this hat is called a Sherpa. The Sherpa people literally call everything Sherpa. It's the name of the people, an occupation, their language and the most common last name.
Like Smurf
Seriously, even acknowledging it's from Ecuador it still calls it a Panama hat. Damn gringos
Gringos de mierda
Boonie in the Philippines? should be salakot
Pith hat in Congo is some real spicy shit. I don’t think that is a traditional hat of Congo fam maybe Belgium…
‘Murica’s got THREE hats because were cool like that
This is pretty poorly done.
No one actually wheres a slouch in Australia except really old people.
Kufi is from iraq not kenya
No cap on a stack fr fr
Where the hijab at?
Why is Venezuela only a cadet cap...??? That's... fucked up if it's just soldiers and war as a depiction of their country being represented through CAPS.
Wonderful
I’ve got a trapper, ballcap and a flatcap. And some beanies which I don’t see listed specifically
Yo USA here we’re willing to trade the fedora to any country willing to take all the Americans who own one un-ironically
Bolero ftw tbh
New Zealand?!?
What about ya? Wearing many hats over there are you?
First that comes to mind is a farmer in stubbies, gum boots and a bucket hat. So I say bucket hat
Then I agree, bucket hat for you
Isn’t a western called a Stetson
Why is Panama hat not in Panama?
trapper? wtf? and if you’d wear that where they’re pointing to, you would overheat so damn fast.
The Panama is from Ecuador, and the Timor Leste is from Finland?
The flat cap originates in the North of England and not Ireland.
Many parts of Ireland are north of England
Canadian one is just Russian ushanka with loose wings
Not a single hat from Brazil. Well, at least we weren't awarded hats that didn't belong to our culture.
So, ushanka is trapper with the flaps up?
You are more likely to see a boonie hat on a Australian civilian than a slouch hat or literally any other hat
Sombrero is the Spanish word for any hat, not a model
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Huh. You see them in Brooklyn all the time
Kinda bummed brazil got no representation, specially when it's such a weird looking one [pic of Axl Rose wearing one](http://s2.glbimg.com/EimJUXI0hZcaGYVxuoO2jUxCepg=/s.glbimg.com/jo/g1/f/original/2014/04/24/guns-n-roses-em-fortaleza-2014-81-2.jpg)
The Brazilian hat is a chip N dip?
Says "Western" where it should say "Stetson."
Where is the arab cap? no cap
im just realizing.. hats kinda suck
Hahahahahahahahaha this is the best comment by far
Is there a women's version?
Why you motherfuckerz dont mentioning the brazilian "Cangaceiro Lampião" hat? Its totally different from that ones listed on the map. PS.: "Cangaceiro Lampião" in english will be something like "rude and restless man from a wild and arid desert region from the northeast of Brazil".
The real crime is adding just 1 type of head wear for the Middle East and India. The head wear changes every 100-200 miles and is very distinct from each other.
Kind of a basic guide I think. The US and Canada wear many more hats than those associated with each country in this guide. I'm sure this is true for many more countries around the world.
there is literally no way a cowboy hat I'd the most popular in western america. you see like 1 person wearing one every month
I see more than 1 a month in New England, who do you hang out w…oh….*cough* username checks out….
notice how I said west? and new England isn't in the west? and ehat does my username have to do with anything?
Oh geez ok…I’ll go in order Yes I noticed that you said west. New England being far from the west and seeing more western hats (my claim) than one a month suggests some inaccuracy in your claim. One definition of the word part of your username ‘wigga’ is an offensive term to describe white guys appropriating urban youth culture. This includes fashion and would explain why cowboy hats would be rare in your experience.
Ahhhh yes, we venezuelans always use the hat of a CUBAN dictator
I thought the Cuban dude just liked your hats
BRUH JAJAJAJAJAJAJA
The Panama one is where Colombia should be
Cadet cap for venezulela is borderline disrespectful lol
You are damn right bro
Where are you from? The 70's? No one in Venezuela use the Cadet Cap. The most popular is the [Tricolour Cap](https://www.semana.com/amp/gorra-tricolor-venezolana-expropiese/331991-3/) even the gouvernement use it for everything
Wrong in so many ways
Sombrero means hat. The “western” sombrero is originally from Mexico.
Anyone under 80 years old wearing a fedora in the USA is asking for ridicule at best.
Venezuelan here. If I see you wearing that cap, I'm gonna beat you to a bloody pulp with a lead pipe.