South Africa Nurses Allowed to wear Bindis

Monday, September 29, 2008, 5:02
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Married Indian-origin Hindu nurses in South Africa were toay allowed to wear “bindis” and nose rings during working hours after they protested against a ban of using the traditional symbols.

The Health Minister of the Kwazulu-Natal province, Peggy Nkonyeni, told the reporters that the nurses were now free to wear bindis, the traditional dots on the foreheads, as well as nose-rings and ‘Mangal-Sutras’.

“I believe and respect the dot, as it symbolises the marital status of Hindu woman”, said Nkoyneni. :Just as we respect right of married woman to wear their wedding rings, we also believe that similar treatment and respect must be accorded to Hindu women wearing their powdered dots, stickon or liquid.”

Government lifted a ban imposed by local Addington Hospital, which prohibited the nurses from wearing thei customary symbols. The move of the hospital, which said it was trying to prevent infections to patients, had evoked widespread condemnation.

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