What You Need To Know About Waist Beads Origin


 

What You Need To Know About Waist Beads Origin


Sometimes when you stumble into beads stores and you see waist beads, you might be wondering how these beauties were created and their origin. Well, it will interest you to know, there are some fun facts about WAIST BEADS.

Where do waist beads originate from? This is an interesting subject or question many would love to read about considering the different myths, taboos and discussions about waist beads. Waist beads are African cultural accessories, adornments or decorative pieces creatively crafted from precious stones, sand beads, crystals, pearls, corals beads, cowries, precious shells, metals and wooden beads.


Waist beads are emblems of African culture, tradition and heritage. They have great cultural significance and relevance peculiar to the different African societies. The history of waist beads can be traced to Egypt. This is evident in the waist beads pictures, visual arts and crafts of many centuries before civilization and industrialization. The Egyptians are known to be lovers of body adorning accessories from wigs to nose rings, necklaces, bracelets, shoulder beads, earrings to waist beads. They use waist beads for class stratification and distinction.


History and researchers recorded that Egyptians were the first to wear waist beads of different shades, colours and sizes followed by other African countries. Beads are predominantly used for body adornment by many other African countries like Zimbabwe, Ghana, South Africa, Keyan and Nigeria among many other countries that enjoy wearing fashionable beaded accessories Waist beads inclusive. Waist beads are symbols of beauty, protection, waist size, confidence, sexuality, femininity, sexuality, bravery, fertility, well-being, and maturity. Waist beads are first worn on new babies and changed as they grow. 


Africans are aesthetic-minded and tend to love the fashionable use of accessories including waist beads hence the reason waist beads are trending in recent times, particularly with the way may young women and ladies wear them and dress up on their social media pages with different alluring waist beads.


Source: Wikipedia, African Waist beads discussion , Pixabay


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