At first members of Hashabah rid themselves of the cookie-shaped yarmulkes that Jews wore on their heads and replaced them with knitted or crochet head coverings; they also wore West African garb with the addition of tzit tzit (fringes) on the corners of their garments. They seemed to be aware that their West African attire did not match the eastern garb that Israelites wore in Biblical days. Slowly they began to adopt the turbans and long robes that had become the hallmark of a rival Israelite group called B’nai Zaken founded by Prince Yaakov and Navi Tate.[12] According to some accounts, Cohen Levi appropriated Hashabah’s dress code and the use of African drums from B’nai Zaken which was located on Buffalo Avenue in Brooklyn. Other people argue that some undisciplined members of B’nai Zaken considered their unique dress to be the equivalent of gang colors; therefore, no one who was not a member of B’nai Zaken should be allowed to dress like them. A very frightening turban war existed between Hashabah and B’nai Zaken for quite some time until tensions subsided
cookie-shaped yarmulkes that Jews wore on their heads and replaced them with knitted
or crochet head coverings; they also wore West African garb with the addition
of tzit tzit (fringes) on the corners of their garments. They seemed to be
aware that their West African attire did not match the eastern garb that
Israelites wore in Biblical days. Slowly they began to adopt the turbans and
long robes that had become the hallmark of a rival Israelite group called B’nai
Zaken founded by Prince Yaakov and Navi Tate.[12]
According to some accounts, Cohen Levi appropriated Hashabah’s dress code and
the use of African drums from B’nai Zaken which was located on Buffalo Avenue
in Brooklyn. Other people argue that some undisciplined members of B’nai Zaken
considered their unique dress to be the equivalent of gang colors; therefore,
no one who was not a member of B’nai Zaken should be allowed to dress like them.
A very frightening turban war existed between Hashabah and B’nai Zaken for quite
some time until tensions subsided