Hey! I Want A Turban Too

I guess this is a guys only thing but I think it's nice. San Jose's mayor is the one who does not look like the others!

To understand what it feels like to wear clothes of a different faith, non-Sikhs - including the Jewish mayor of Fremont and a Catholic state assemblyman - plan to wrap their heads in brightly colored cloth this weekend as part of "Sikh Turban Day," an international movement launched five years ago.

"I said, 'Sure, I'll do it,' " said Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman, who plans to show up early to the Fremont Sikh temple on Sunday to get help winding the long piece of turban cloth around his head. Wearing a turban is a first for Wasserman, who is Jewish.

"It's just a way of showing unity and understanding for each other's culture," he said.

Wasserman will join Union City Mayor Mark Greene and Assemblyman Guy Houston, R-Livermore, who will also don turbans Sunday in Fremont, in an event timed to coincide with Vaisakhi, a holiday that remembers when the first Sikhs became baptized more than 300 years ago. Houston's spokesman Keith Ochwat said the assemblyman, who is Catholic, has worn a turban in years past and even plans to bring his own from home this year.

The San Jose gurdwara, or Sikh temple, plans to host a similar event on April 26 at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. The temple will provide dozens of colorful turbans for anyone to try on, said lay leader Bob Dhillon. In years past, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, Vice Mayor Dave Cortese and Santa Clara County Supervisor Pete McHugh have participated.