Follower of the Sikh religion. Important Sikh beliefs include:

• non-belief in any caste, group or distinctions that divide human beings
• longstanding devotion may overcome the ‘Five Evils’ – influences of ego, anger, greed, attachment and lust, which beset everyone.

Baptised Sikhs traditionally sport the Five Ks or articles of faith, which have practical and symbolic purposes:

• uncut hair, which Sikh men conventionally keep clean by twisting into their turbans
• small comb
• circular iron bracelet
• dagger
• special undergarment.