Oh yeah the hat the guys in the little cars that run over your feet in the parade wear. ;)
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What is the deal with that?
The Shriners are sort of an offshoot of Freemasonry, which always had an element of orientalist cosplay about it. They just crank the zaniness up.
Tldr it's that shape because a turban was originally wrapped around it, apparently giving you the option of going turbanless which was desirable due to edict of some sort, and eventually people stopped wearing the turban around it at all.
I recognized your… fez - Austin Powers
No I’m never gonna do it without the fez on
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