British police head, a sun hat shades houlders from the sun, a cowboy hat protects

against sun and rain and a Ushanka fur hat with fold-down earflaps keeps the head
and ears warm. Some hats are worn for ceremonial purposes, such as the mortarboard,
which is worn (or carried) during university graduation ceremonies. Some hats are
worn by members of a certain profession, such as the Toque worn by chefs. Some hats
have religious functions, such as the mitres worn by Bishops and the turban worn by
Sikhs.
, including protecIn the Middle Ages, rker of social status and used to single out
certain groups. The 1215 Fourth Council of the Lateran required that all Jews
identify themselves by wearing the Judenhat ("Jewish hat"), marking them as targets
for anti-Semitism.[6] The hats were usually yellow and were either pointed or
square.[7]tions, and the turban worn by Sikhs.