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Men and women? - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 20:18, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Are you asking if both men and women wear this? Yes.[1] Kafziel ^Talk 20:26, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I am. Thanks, Kafziel. - Tragic Baboon (banana receptacle) 20:36, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Weapon?[edit]

My dad claims this is some kind of nefarious weapon (the edges of it are sharp or something, apparently). Probably sheer ignorance on his part, but I had to ask. Is it?--86.145.128.26 (talk) 21:23, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No. The edges are not sharp (Sikh warriors sometimes used sharp-edged ones in the distant past though), and the Kara is not normally considered a weapon. However, like any hard metal object the Kara can still be used to inflict injury. Some sikhs view the idea of using the Kara for self-defence as sacrilige, others believe that the design of the Kara (with it's ridged outer surface and smooth inside) indicates that it was originally used in martial arts. 91.105.177.7 (talk) 16:24, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It is being used in martial arts. Seach for "Loh Mushti Iron Fist Fighting" on youtube. --91.32.109.160 (talk) 12:26, 13 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

typo ?[edit]

why has the wording under "see also" been changed from "Sikh girl wins ..." to "Sikh letuce wins ..." in the edit from 17:37, 19 May 2009 ? I'm no native speaker, did I miss something? 89.244.125.69 (talk) 21:22, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

Almost none of the references have anything to do with the actual kara, they seem to be quotes that have been added almost at random. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.195.91 (talk) 20:26, 1 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pending merger/differentiation from "Kara(jewellery)" article[edit]

"Kara(jewellery)" contains almost the same content as this article. I suggest a subsection under a unified "Kara" article, for both the jewellery and the item of Sikh faith. R0ck$ (talk) 11:31, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]