While coronavirus lockdowns caused many men across the world to grow their hair longer than usual, none compare with Vietnam's Nguyen Van Chien who has gone almost 80 years without a trim.
The 92-year-old from the southern Mekong Delta region is the proud owner of five-meter long dreadlocks, owing to his belief in a faith that prescribes leaving untouched what a person is born with.
"I believe if I cut my hair I will die. I dare not to change anything, not even combing it," Chien told Reuters in his village about 80km (50 miles) west of Ho Chi Minh City.
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"I only nurture it, cover it in a scarf to keep it dry and clean and looking nice."
He was required to trim it when at school, but left after third grade and decided never to cut, comb or wash it again.
