Young Indian Girl With Pigtail And The Red Bandanna

A bandanna or bandana (from the Hindi: बन्धन bandhana, "to tie") is a type of large, usually colorful, kerchief, usually worn on the head. Bandannas are frequently printed in a paisley pattern.
Bandanas are most often used to hold hair back, either as a fashionable head accessory, or for practical purposes:
Cowboys would typically wear bandanas around their face to keep dust out and keep the scent of their horse's manure away as they traveled slowly.