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RAFIA REGALIA has adopted the CROWN CAPS as the exclusive type of head covering to be worn by all Shriners International members when appearing as such.  This means all nobles must wear their CAPS at stated meetings, ceremonials, Shrine parades, caravans, special events and any other Shrine related activities.  The fez is never worn at a Masonic Lodge communication or meeting.

Shriners International (formerly know as The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, abbreviated A.A.O.N.M.S.), established in 1870, is an appendant body to Freemasonry, based in the United States. The organization is best-known for the Shriners Hospitals for Children they administer and the red fezzes that members wear. The organization is headquartered in Tampa, Florida. Shriners International describes itself as a fraternity based on fun, fellowship and the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief, and truth. There are approximately 340,000 members from 193 temples (chapters) in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Republic of Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Europe and Australia.

As a Noble, you are particularly admonished never to wear your fez in any company or place in which you would decline to introduce your mother, wife, sister or daughter.  Never forget this.  No other person is ever allowed to wear a Noble’s fez.