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| The wisdom of barbers | The wisdom of barbers |
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| The trade of barbering is one of the world's oldest professions. The history of the trade varies depending on which culture is telling it, but barbers featured in ancient Greece and Rome, when their shops served as social centres and hubs for gossip. | The trade of barbering is one of the world's oldest professions. The history of the trade varies depending on which culture is telling it, but barbers featured in ancient Greece and Rome, when their shops served as social centres and hubs for gossip. |
| In Europe, barbers for many centuries doubled as surgeons, blood-letting, abscess-lancing and wound-dressing as required. The trades eventually separated, but even today London's Worshipful Company of Barbers operates out of Barber-Surgeon Hall. | In Europe, barbers for many centuries doubled as surgeons, blood-letting, abscess-lancing and wound-dressing as required. The trades eventually separated, but even today London's Worshipful Company of Barbers operates out of Barber-Surgeon Hall. |
| Barbers can range from the elite to the simple, and to their loyal customers they remain valued sources of gossip, information and even wisdom. Journalists love gossip too, so reporters from six of the BBC's language services went looking for ordinary barbers with exceptional stories. | Barbers can range from the elite to the simple, and to their loyal customers they remain valued sources of gossip, information and even wisdom. Journalists love gossip too, so reporters from six of the BBC's language services went looking for ordinary barbers with exceptional stories. |
| Do you have a favourite story about a barber you've met anywhere in the world? Have you had a close shave in an unlikely location? Share them with us using #barberwisdom on social media, or use the form below. | Do you have a favourite story about a barber you've met anywhere in the world? Have you had a close shave in an unlikely location? Share them with us using #barberwisdom on social media, or use the form below. |
| India: Circle of life | |
| Abdul Hameed is the third generation of his family to work as a barber. He had hoped to educate his children, but instead he now hopes his grandchildren will get the knowledge they need to find a more lucrative profession. | |
| Producers: Parul Agrawal and Shalu Yadav | |
| Dakar, Senegal: The footballer's barber | Dakar, Senegal: The footballer's barber |
| Some barbers get asked to cut hair in the style of the world's best footballers. Tita de Barros had another plan - he would ask some of the best footballers in the world if he could cut their hair. | Some barbers get asked to cut hair in the style of the world's best footballers. Tita de Barros had another plan - he would ask some of the best footballers in the world if he could cut their hair. |
| Armed only with a pair of clippers and his irrepressible enthusiasm for Senegal's national team, Tita became the nation's travelling barber and a local celebrity before giving it all up and returning to his shop. | Armed only with a pair of clippers and his irrepressible enthusiasm for Senegal's national team, Tita became the nation's travelling barber and a local celebrity before giving it all up and returning to his shop. |
| Producer: Laeila Adjovi. Camera: Loic Hocquet | Producer: Laeila Adjovi. Camera: Loic Hocquet |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina: | Buenos Aires, Argentina: |
| Miguel Angel Barnes is known as the "Earl of Caballito", the Buenos Aires neighbourhood where his shop is based. | Miguel Angel Barnes is known as the "Earl of Caballito", the Buenos Aires neighbourhood where his shop is based. |
| Part barber shop, part coffee bar, part museum and cultural centre, Miguel's salon takes his customers back in time several decades. | Part barber shop, part coffee bar, part museum and cultural centre, Miguel's salon takes his customers back in time several decades. |
| Producer: Macarena Gagliardi. Camera: Emiliano Fabris | Producer: Macarena Gagliardi. Camera: Emiliano Fabris |
| Hanoi, Vietnam: Underneath the banyan tree | Hanoi, Vietnam: Underneath the banyan tree |
| Vietnamese barbers have particular traditions unfamiliar in the West, including shaving the fine hairs on the forehead and ears. Dzung, a veteran street barber in Hanoi, Vietnam, offers haircuts under the shelter of a giant banyan tree. | Vietnamese barbers have particular traditions unfamiliar in the West, including shaving the fine hairs on the forehead and ears. Dzung, a veteran street barber in Hanoi, Vietnam, offers haircuts under the shelter of a giant banyan tree. |
| Producer: Hoang Nguyen. Camera: Le Thanh Tung | Producer: Hoang Nguyen. Camera: Le Thanh Tung |
| Lahore, Pakistan: A touch of style | Lahore, Pakistan: A touch of style |
| Pakistan may not be the first place that comes to mind when we think of high fashion. But Lahore has a thriving fashion scene, one in which Babloo's well-known salon plays a key role. | Pakistan may not be the first place that comes to mind when we think of high fashion. But Lahore has a thriving fashion scene, one in which Babloo's well-known salon plays a key role. |
| Producer: Shumaila Jaffrey | Producer: Shumaila Jaffrey |
| Cairo, Egypt: The barber-surgeon |