Panamanians and “The Baby’s Hair”

Panamanians, and I’m sure other cultures throughout our planet, have this mystical “thing” about when exactly you should cut “The Baby’s Hair”.  Some of these myths may or may not piggy back ride on the biblical character Samson.  Now, if you’re not familiar with Samson this most definitely confirms that you were raised in a cave by wolves.  Somehow “The Baby’s Hair” holds some kind of power which must be harnessed for as long as possible in order to prevent certain things from happening to the baby.  Here’s an incomplete list of those things:  Coarse/Nappy hair (as if this is punishment straight from the devil), stunted growth, speech impediment, bad luck, etc., etc., etc.  For now, I have to be honest and admit that I don’t want to cut “The Baby’s Hair” because it’s wild, I love it, and I’m living my hair fantasies vicariously through him.  One day I will have such beautiful hair… again.

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