{"id":66919,"date":"2023-09-13T02:07:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T02:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/?p=66919"},"modified":"2023-09-13T02:07:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T02:07:26","slug":"jamaican-man-shows-off-dreadlocks-hes-been-growing-out-for-40-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/lifestyle\/jamaican-man-shows-off-dreadlocks-hes-been-growing-out-for-40-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaican man shows off dreadlocks he's been growing out for 40 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Jamaican man has put Rapunzel to shame while showing off his long dreadlocks that he spent 40 years growing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Footage of the\u00a0unidentified local standing on top of a building and waving his ombre-colored hair was shared on the\u00a0@jamaicaviralofficial Instagram page on Monday.<\/p>\n
The bearded man was\u00a0dressed in a T-shirt and shorts paired with boots, and he had a pink towel wrapped around his shoulders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It’s unclear why the man was on the roof, but he may have scaled to the structure to show the great length of his dreadlocks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A Jamaican man was filmed showing off his long dreadlocks while standing on top of a building<\/p>\n The footage\u00a0was shared on the @jamaicaviralofficial Instagram page on Monday<\/p>\n The person who was filming him asked him questions as he untangled locks, which hung halfway down the side of the building<\/p>\n He used his fingers to comb his hair over his head and then opened his dreads as if they were a curtain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The person who was filming him asked him questions as he untangled locks, which hung halfway down the side of the building.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n At one point, the cameraman encouraged his friend to read over and touch the man’s dreads.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n When about his dreadlocks, he said it took him 40 years to grow them that long.\u00a0The bottom half was brown, but the new growth near his scalp was gray.<\/span><\/p>\n The 45-second video has been viewed more than 42,000 times since it was posted.<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Wow\u2026 just WOW. Look how magnificent these locs are!!! My God how beautiful,’ one fan gushed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Love how you can see them lighten as they aged & more gray hair grew,’ someone else commented.\u00a0<\/p>\n One Instagram user called him a ‘real-life Rapunzel,’ while another joked that he is a ‘Rasta Rapunzel.’\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n A post shared by JAMAICA VIRAL!! (@jamaicaviralofficial)<\/p>\n When about his dreadlocks, he said it took him 40 years to grow them that long. The bottom half was brown, but the new growth near his scalp was gray<\/p>\n The 45-second video has been viewed more than 42,000 times since it was posted, and many commenters were convinced that he\u00a0was breaking a record with his long dreadlocks<\/p>\n Others were convinced he was breaking a record with his long dreadlocks.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Where is Guinness book of world records?’ one viewer asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n That has to be a World Record for longest Dreads,’ someone else agreed.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Someone needs to contact Guinness book of records and have him entered before he dies,’ another insisted.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Guinness World Record for the longest dreadlocks currently belongs to Asha Mandela, a 60-year-old from\u00a0Clermont, Florida.<\/p>\n Like the man in the video, it took her more than 40 years to grow out her hair, which is 19 feet and 6.5 inches long and weighs a whopping 42 pounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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