Young Blonde Girl Wearing Headscarf In The Barn

Some English speakers use the word "babushka" (grandma in Russian) to indicate the headscarf tied below the chin, as commonly worn in Eastern Europe. In most parts of Eastern Europe, headscarves are used mainly by elderly women (grandmothers) and this led to the use of the "babushka" term. Women in Russia show their convictions to Russian Orthodoxy by wearing headscarves to church. In Chile, Mapuche women wear headscarves tied behind the head.
A plain red or scarlet headscarf was worn by female commissars and other women aligning themselves with Bolshevism in times of Russian revolution and civil war.
A head tie is an elaborate ornamental head covering worn by women of western and southern Africa.
Many women with medical hair loss, due to chemotherapy, alopecia or other causes, utilize scarves as protective head coverings.