page_title: Wristband
section_title: Event wristbands
hierarchical_section_title: Wristband / Event wristbands
caption_attribution_description: English: A Young Muslim male is seen supplicating at Masjid al-Haram after Fajr prayer on 6 April 2015 in Makkah, Saudi Arabia العربية: شاب مسلم التسول إلى الله في المسجد الحرام في ٦ أبريل ٢٠١٥ বাংলা: মক্কায় মসজিদ আল-হারামে এক তরুণ মুসলিমকে ফজর নামাজের পর দু’আ করতে দেখা যাচ্ছে।
context_page_description: Wristbands are encircling strips worn on the wrist or lower forearm. The term can be used to refer to a bracelet-like band, similar to that of a wristwatch, to the cuff or other part of a sleeve that covers the wrist, or decorative or functional bands worn on the wrist for many different reasons. Wristbands are often worn and used similarly to event passes such as lanyards to information or allow people entry to events. These wristbands are made from loops of plastic that are placed around the wrist and are used for identification purposes.
  Another type of wristband is the sweatband; usually made of a towel-like terrycloth material. These are usually used to wipe sweat from the forehead during sport but have been known to be used as a badge or fashion statement. A practice common in mid-1980s punk subculture was to cut the top off of a sock and fashion the elastic into this type of wristband.
context_section_description: Colored wristbands are often given to people attending events such as music festivals and gigs, as an access control measure. Counterfeit wristbands are increasingly common.
  Silicone Wristbands (some times referred to as Gel bracelets) are popular for fundraising or showing support for a cause. Custom wristbands are usually created by an event organizer and given out or sold to others interested in the event or supporting the cause.
  Some people keep the wristbands as souvenirs or wear the wristbands after the event to show what events they went to.
  Further uses for the wristband in event ticketing at music festivals and sporting events may include an NFC (near field communication) chip that would allow contactless payment at the concessions and turnstiles. Wristbands are ideal to use for dark environments such as night clubs and bars or outdoor venues where patrons can be afar such as festivals and theme parks. 
  In addition these styles of colored wristbands are used with the above listed hospital patient bands to serve as an extra safety reminder and alert for Allergies. They will have a standard color and will have written labeling such as "Fall Risks" (which may come from medical conditions, injuries and/or medications used with the possibility of all of the above causing the increased safety risk warning), "Allergies" (to cover allergic reactions to vast to list per band type risks), "Latex Allergies" (to make sure medical safety gloves are not made of latex which is an immediate risk more than other allergies), amongst several other important cautions that would protect the patient by preventing Iatrogenic mistakes, reducing additional medical complications.
caption: Travel agents and private organizers in Hajj and Umrah provide pilgrims with wearables such as wristbands, as seen on this pilgrim at Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, as identifiers.
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