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five Ks

pl n
(Other Non-Christian Religions) the five Ks items traditionally worn or carried by Sikhs, each possessing a symbolic importance. See Kachera, Kangha, Kara, Kesh, Kirpan
[translation of Punjabi panch kakke]
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five Ks

The five items that Sikh males are supposed to wear or carry as symbols of their faith. These are: the kangha, a comb, the kara, a steel bangle, the kesh, beard and uncut hair (covered by a turban), the kirpan, a short sword, and the kuccha, short trousers.
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The five Ks are five items that Guru Gobind Singh commanded Khalsa Sikhs to wear at all times in 1699.
A key part of the Sikh faith is The Five Ks, which are five items and practices that believers follow.
The followers also keep embracing five Ks, the Kaccha (shorts), the Kanga (comb), the Karda (bracelet), the Kais (hair) and the Kirpan (sword).
Like, the five Ks there are five vices -- Kaam (Lust), Krodth (anger), Loha (greed), Moh (emotional attachment) and Ahankaar (Ego) -- which a Sikh is supposed to get rid of.
Then injury put the star n on the side lines for five ks.
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SEVERAL countries are grappling with legal issues involving the religious wearing of the panj kakar (the "five Ks") and dastar (turban) which identify Sikh faith practitioners.
Alycia Wagner (five Ks) picked up the win, allowing just one run in the first inning on an RBI single by Jaylee Gomez.
She hung around for a few days until we located her home (five ks away).
In real life, Gurpreet cannot, from now on, drink or smoke and must wear the five Ks of Sikh identity -- kesh ( hair), kadda ( metal bracelet), kacha ( half pant), kangha ( comb) and kirpan ( dagger).
Although the keeping of unshorn hair was mandated by Guru Gobind Singh as one of the Five Ks or five articles of faith, it has long been closely associated with Sikhism since the very beginning of Sikhi in 1469.
Practising Sikhs today still observe the "Five Ks" set out on that day by their guru, and although the letter itself is lost in translation, these are the long hair, comb, shorts, ceremonial dagger and bracelet.