5K’s

Question 1

Kesh Description

Answer 1

Hair - combed daily and kept under a turban as soon as a boy can tie it himself

Question 2

Kanga Description

Answer 2

Wooden comb used to comb hair and kept in place under the turban

Question 3

Kara Description

Answer 3

Steel bracelet given at the Sikh naming ceremony and worn at all times

Question 4

Kaccha description

Answer 4

Traditional white shorts used in battle during the time of Guru Gobind Singh

Question 5

Kirpan description

Answer 5

Short sword or dagger. It’s curved to show that it should only be used in defence

Question 6

Kesh belief and action

Answer 6

Not cutting hair from birth onwards to stay the way god created you

Question 7

Kangha action and belief

Answer 7

Keeps long hair clean and tidy to be physically and spiritually clean before god

Question 8

Kara action and belief

Answer 8

Worn around the right wrist from birth to symbolise the eternity and oneness of god and the unity of all Sikh’s

Question 9

Kaccha action and belief

Answer 9

Worn daily under trousers to show readiness to be a spiritual warrior and the power of the Sikh community

Question 10

Kirpan action and belief

Answer 10

Worn under the shirt or tucked into shorts shows the readiness to defend your faith