{"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&apos;s been growing out for 40 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Jamaican man shows off his long dreadlocks that he has been growing for 40 YEARS<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A video of the man was shared on the @jamaicaviralofficial Instagram page<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He was standing on top of a building and waving his ombre-colored hair<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>When about his dreadlocks, he said it took him 40 years to grow them that long\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Jamaican man has put Rapunzel to shame while showing off his long dreadlocks that he spent 40 years growing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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<p>The bearded man was\u00a0<span>dressed in a T-shirt and shorts paired with boots, and he had a pink towel wrapped around his shoulders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It&#8217;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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/01\/75359749-12510967-image-m-9_1694564216772.jpg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A Jamaican man was filmed showing off his long dreadlocks while standing on top of a building<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/01\/75359761-12510967-image-m-18_1694564289035.jpg\" height=\"814\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/01\/75359753-12510967-image-m-15_1694564265938.jpg\" height=\"814\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>The footage\u00a0was shared on the @jamaicaviralofficial Instagram page on Monday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/01\/75359739-12510967-image-m-21_1694564336072.jpg\" height=\"1120\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The person who was filming him asked him questions as he untangled locks, which hung halfway down the side of the building<\/p>\n<p><span>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<p><span>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<p><span>At one point, the cameraman encouraged his friend to read over and touch the man&#8217;s dreads.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>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<p><span>The 45-second video has been viewed more than 42,000 times since it was posted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Wow\u2026 just WOW. Look how magnificent these locs are!!! My God how beautiful,&#8217; one fan gushed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Love how you can see them lighten as they aged &amp; more gray hair grew,&#8217; someone else commented.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One Instagram user called him a &#8216;real-life Rapunzel,&#8217; while another joked that he is a &#8216;Rasta Rapunzel.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by JAMAICA VIRAL!! (@jamaicaviralofficial)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/01\/75359757-12510967-image-m-22_1694564388351.jpg\" height=\"1104\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/01\/75360073-12510967-image-a-34_1694564796233.jpg\" height=\"195\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/01\/75360075-12510967-image-a-33_1694564788473.jpg\" height=\"195\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/01\/75360085-12510967-image-a-32_1694564786669.jpg\" height=\"206\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/01\/75360093-12510967-image-a-31_1694564780929.jpg\" height=\"191\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/01\/75360089-12510967-image-a-30_1694564775343.jpg\" height=\"235\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/01\/75360101-12510967-image-a-28_1694564769614.jpg\" height=\"185\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/01\/75360091-12510967-image-a-29_1694564772427.jpg\" height=\"185\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/01\/75360135-12510967-image-a-35_1694564804076.jpg\" height=\"244\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>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<p>Others were convinced he was breaking a record with his long dreadlocks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Where is Guinness book of world records?&#8217; one viewer asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That has to be a World Record for longest Dreads,&#8217; someone else agreed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Someone needs to contact Guinness book of records and have him entered before he dies,&#8217; another insisted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Guinness World Record for the longest dreadlocks currently belongs to Asha Mandela, a 60-year-old from\u00a0Clermont, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>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>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12510967\/jamaican-man-long-dreadlocks-40-years-grow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaican man shows off his long dreadlocks that he has been growing for 40 YEARS A video of the man was shared on the @jamaicaviralofficial Instagram page He was standing on top of a building and waving his ombre-colored hair&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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