Talk:Air Nomads/@comment-1675383-20100906234302/@comment-99.149.222.47-20101001103725

Well considering they share many commonalities with Buddhist culture it may be because... it's hard to describe here, but basically people tend to fuss over their hair (styling and whatnot) which distracts from attaining enlightenment (or Air Bending). So to reject material distractions and vanity it is customary to keep one's hair extremely short or shaved.