The Vikings and Celts DID NOT have DREADLOCKS : Viking hair history myths and Burning Man

Ancient Celtic and Viking hairstyles are NOT your excuse to get dreadlocks for Burning Man! This hair history myth is overdue for busting. Thank you to Wondrium for sponsoring today's video! Signup for your FREE trial to Wondrium here: http://ow.ly/n5g450KwXzM I cannot count the number of (white) Burners who've told me that their Burning Man festival hair plans involve dreadlocks, and that Viking dreadlocks were a thing so it's okay. As a professional hairstylist and fashion historian, I can confidently tell you that this is a historical myth. Everything we know about the history of Viking hair contradicts it. Did the Vikings have dreadlocks (or the Celts)? The answer is a resounding NO. Did dreadlocks come from Vikings? Definitely no. Did Ragnar Lothbrok have dreadlocks, as shown in the Vikings TV show? All the historical facts say no. Dreadlocks are not a Viking hairstyle. If you're wondering how to do Viking hair, dreadlocks are not the answer. We don't know as much as we'd like to about the history of Viking hair in the early middle ages, but we do know some about their historical hair techniques! Vikings hair routines involved daily combing, which is an important part of medieval hair care, and isn't how you care for locs. Hairstyles and grooming seemed very important to Viking age Norse history. So what hairstyles did the Vikings have? There were some very interesting Viking haircuts including the "reverse mullet", and probably some braids as well. The only reference