Hood

Protection of the cold

Its initial function is to protect from the Froid by maintaining the Chaleur inside. In this respect, it is in particular used with motor bike or in Montagne, in particular to practice the winter sports, in order to counter the cold Vent S. The hood was also sails very about it in the Années 1980, to protect the Enfant S in Hiver, but this use is mainly abandoned today.

Traditionally Knitting ée in Wool, the hood can nowadays be made of a great number of others Matériau X: Silk, Cotton, Polypropylene, Neoprene, polar fabric, etc

Anonymity

The way in which it covers the face guaranteeing some Anonymat with that which carries it, it can be used by individuals not wishing to be recognized, who it is for reasons Tactique S (by members of Special forces or of elite, in alternative to facial paintings of Camouflage), or because the activities in which they are committed could have annoying consequences for them: they are illegal and they are likely to be challenged (terrorist, Gangster S, breakers), or subversive and they could be threatened by the capacity in place (with the image of the Under-commander Marcos), or quite simply ashamed (Bourreau).

The members of the group of alternative Rock Australia N TISM thus carry hoods to each one of their public appearances, so that their true identity is not known.

The members of the secret Committee of revolutionary action, a group of Extreme right-hand side active in France in the Years 1930, carried a hood on certain occasions: that their was worth to see their group Surnom me the Hood.

Following the third war of the Gulf, the police and the soldiers Iraq iens, as they operate at the sides of the American Armée, is seen threatened like their family by the guerilla, and is thus constrained to carry hoods for not identified beings

Fireproofed matters

The matter of which it is made can be selected for its fireproofing properties . This finds an interest in a military use, in order to protect from the heat produced by the explosion of grenades, or in the automobile piloting, in particular for the Dragster S, if a Incendie would occur following a accident (openings generally being then reduced to the eyes, in order to avoid the Inhalation Fumée S and of Cendre).

Others

The hood is carried by certain players of Airsoft to attenuate the impact of the balls on the face (the others preferring a mask, which is more protective).

The hood also finds an everyday usage in the plays of sexual tender, where it is containing elastic matters (latex, élasthanne).

One also finds hoods without no opening, used to mask the sight of condemned to dead during their execution, or in complement of a Zentai , i.e. a combination wrapping the remainder of the body.

Popular culture

In 2006, the hood was the subject of a Chanson of Michael Youn entitled Fous your hood : on the mode of the Parody, it incarnates there a character of Savoyard Rap fear , Fatal Bazooka, advising with its public to carry a hood not to take cold.

Concerning the name

The hood can be indicated in several Langue S (of which the English, the German , the Spanish , the Dutch, the Norwegian , the Swedish and the Turkish ) under the term “ balaclava ” or “ balaklava ”. It acts, by Antonomase, of one reference to the Ukrainian city of Balaclava, in the Crimea. It was indeed the theater of the Bataille of Balaklava, during the Crimean War, during which knitted hoods were sent bound for the British troops, to allow them to protect itself from the cold.

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