anyone wish they added hijabs, skull caps, and other religious garments to ACNH?

[nightglow]

turbans are still mostly related to sikhism IN TERMS OF RELIGION, theres different TYPES of turbans though that muslims wear as well as cultural clothings i. b the middle east

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the only thing is, leaving religion out is unfair to those who have it as an identity (hijabis, jewish men etc)

Sure its most popular among Sikh but its still considered acceptable head gear by certian other religions and worn by its people.

It's is hard to sever culture and religion. Religion affects culture and both are about how a person lives. This is why holidays are a thing and why they have some sort of religious story to them or why there are religious symbols with it or even diet.

 

[toenuki]

It would be neat to add more international clothing items. I learned a lot about Japanese and Korean holidays through this game so it would be fun to add more holiday items too. Like what about an item for Eid? Maybe I'm just trying to give Nintendo reasons to add more food items, haha, but I think that would be a cool addition.

that would be sweet! some dates would be amazing or maybe zamzam water

 

[LuchaSloth]

I think religion is intentionally meant to be kept out of Animal Crossing. All of the holidays are pagan and they go out of their way to avoid using words like 'Christ' in Christmas by calling it toy day. Surely they could add some middle-ground, generic clothing items that might be interpreted as religious items (if people want to interpret them that way)...but they definitely shouldn't go all out and make specifically religious items, IMO. I think it's nice to have the cultural items in the game...but culture and religion are different roads.

Then again...they also have a halo item, which is strange. Are halos exclusive to the concept of Christian afterlife? I guess I don't really know much about religion, tbh. I personally see the halo as a random costume piece that lends itself to cosplaying or whatever. But...I think halos are a Christian concept at the end of the day. Not sure.

 

[nightglow]

I think religion is intentionally meant to be kept out of Animal Crossing. All of the holidays are pagan and they go out of their way to avoid using words like 'Christ' in Christmas by calling it toy day. Surely they could add some middle-ground, generic clothing items that might be interpreted as religious items (if people want to interpret them that way)...but they definitely shouldn't go all out and make specifically religious items, IMO. I think it's nice to have the cultural items in the game...but culture and religion are different roads.

Then again...they also have a halo item, which is strange. Are halos exclusive to the concept of Christian afterlife? I guess I don't really know much about religion, tbh. I personally see the halo as a random costume piece that lends itself to cosplaying or whatever. But...I think halos are a Christian concept at the end of the day. Not sure.

I've seen alot of old old religious art outside of Christianity that have halos. However old old religious art depicts halos vertically.

 

[Mezzanine]

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[Bilaz]

why are spinoffs on christian holidays allowed then? why cant other religions have that?

Also I think we need to consider the fact that these are ‘mainstream’ holidays that have been commercialised. This means that they aren’t really sensitive to people so it’s ok to call them bunny/toy day and make a cutesy animal themed holiday out of them. I’d love to see more holidays myself but it would be really hard not to make them offensive I think?

Unless we’re talking about adding more items to the nook stop. I always think that’s an absolutely great thing and I think a lot of holidays could be respectfully celebrated that way

 

[Chris]

For some reason I was under the impression that hijabs were already in the game. It's disappointing to realise that this isn't the case. Everyone should have the means to create a true representation of themselves in the game if they so wish to.

 

[Holla]

I wouldn’t use them personally but I’m all for being more inclusive for other people’s sakes.

 

[EmmaFrost]

Many people wear a hijab every day and they should be entitled to representation in a game where you create a character. There's already veils and a turban and other things so...? I don't see the problem. They added afro texture hairstyles (and it was long overdue!) with the understanding that representation is important, and they should add a hijab for the same reason. They could make it a customizable item so that people could match it to different outfits for some further self expression.

 

[Tapioca123]

Feels kind of ignorant to say "keep all dat religious stuff away from AC" when Christmas, Easter, Christian paintings and statues, and halos are all available. Hijabs would be a lovely clothing item. I think it'd be cool to make it like a DIY and make customizable as well.

 

[Moritz]

Feels kind of ignorant to say "keep all dat religious stuff away from AC" when Christmas, Easter, Christian paintings and statues, and halos are all available. Hijabs would be a lovely clothing item. I think it'd be cool to make it like a DIY and make customizable as well.

When it comes to toy day and bunny day, the holidays aren't religious at all. On toy day it's all about toys and santa. Not one mention of jesus.

Christmas is celebrated by many countries regardless of their religion. Im an atheist and celebrate it.

I would say its more rare to find anyone who assigns religion to these events than does not.

Same for bunny day. Its about eggs and bunny's.
Irl it's the day you eat a chocolate egg and little more.

So I do feels its a little disingenuous to say these are Christian holidays.

And even if they are Christian holidays, they are incredibly warped from the religious practices. If you did it to any other religion or culture it would be deemed insulting and highly disrespectful.

The art is not religious either. Maybe at one point in time some of it might have been but these days? Not really.

And the halos... halos have entered pop culture a long time ago. They have evolved far past Christianity.

I think its ignorant to compare Christianity to other religions in the way you are as they are treated by society as very different. I mean supernatural even had the Christian god as their main villain. You would never get away with anything close with other regions.

And thats why i think its a bad idea to add. It has far too much baggage around it.

 

[piske]

For some reason I was under the impression that hijabs were already in the game. It's disappointing to realise that this isn't the case. Everyone should have the means to create a true representation of themselves in the game if they so wish to.

Same. I also thought there was a hat resembling a taqiyah as well but I was wrong about that.

 

[Noel_in_Sunrise]

Hm. I think hijabs would be a good addition to the game. It would be nice to make more people comfortable. No one should have to dress in a way that makes them feel exposed. I can understand wanting your avatar to represent you in this way too.

 

[Hsn97]

When it comes to toy day and bunny day, the holidays aren't religious at all. On toy day it's all about toys and santa. Not one mention of jesus.

Christmas is celebrated by many countries regardless of their religion. Im an atheist and celebrate it.

I would say its more rare to find anyone who assigns religion to these events than does not.

Same for bunny day. Its about eggs and bunny's.
Irl it's the day you eat a chocolate egg and little more.

So I do feels its a little disingenuous to say these are Christian holidays.

And even if they are Christian holidays, they are incredibly warped from the religious practices. If you did it to any other religion or culture it would be deemed insulting and highly disrespectful.

The art is not religious either. Maybe at one point in time some of it might have been but these days? Not really.

And the halos... halos have entered pop culture a long time ago. They have evolved far past Christianity.

I think its ignorant to compare Christianity to other religions in the way you are as they are treated by society as very different. I mean supernatural even had the Christian god as their main villain. You would never get away with anything close with other regions.

And thats why i think its a bad idea to add. It has far too much baggage around it.

I thinks it’s a little warped to say that Christmas and Easter aren’t considered religious when literally all of their origin is found in religion. Yes, they have been commercialised in recent years but they still hold a lot of religious meaning to a lot of people!

Besides that fact, you’re right. Toy Day and Bunny Day, the halo etc don’t have any religious context within the game. They’re just an event or just items you can use.

So why can’t a hijab be the same? We have different types of hairstyles to better represent ourselves. Why can’t we also get different clothing? If they put an hijab in the game it doesn’t mean that suddenly Islam is going to be forced upon you the way Christianity is forced upon a lot of places in the world. The only people it effects is the people who want to use that item. It doesn’t have baggage.

 

[visibleghost]

i think for the sake of inclusion some things, such as hijabs, could be added, but in general i think religious imagery shouldn't be added to animal crossing. obviously it's hard to say where the line should be drawn, a lot of things are close calls and somewhat related to religion so i understand that it's not, like, easy to say "no religious things should be in animal crossing", but like... on some level i still think religion should be kept out of animal crossing.