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The institution of barber is very old and integral part of Indian society. During most of the year, India can be pretty hot and dusty. May be that’s the reason cleanliness is a sort of obsession and even the poorest try their best to look neat and tidy, with clean shaves.

The institution of barber is very old and integral part of Indian society. During most of the year, India can be pretty hot and dusty. May be that’s the reason cleanliness is a sort of obsession and even the poorest try their best to look neat and tidy, with clean shaves. In India, primitive man believed that both good and bad spirits entered the body through hair on the head, which could only be driven out by cutting the hair. As tradition dictates, the barbering profession was inherited and passed down from generation to generation. Archaeologists have found well designed copper-bronze razors in Indus Valley excavations. Barbers in ancient India, also had a special function as surgeons tending to battlefield injuries - because of their expertise in handling the razor.