Beads are usually small round pieces of pierced glass, wood or metal
strung together to serve as adornment for the waist, neck or ankle
beads.
Waist Beads are common with females and they are an excellent tool for
women to feel more feminine and beautiful. These beautiful gemstone
waist beads are hand made and customized. The tradition of wearing beads
is an age long one, from time immemorial; it has been worn for varying
reasons by the royalty, for body adornment, deification and decoration.
The
wearing of beads on the waist was made popular by the Yorubas in
Nigeria. Overtime the culture of the use of beads has been associated
with both spiritual and material reasons. In some parts of Africa, the
beads are anointed in oils and the woman stands over a sm oked pot and
commences to ‘smo ke her self’.
This practice aids in sensory pleasure for the man. Some beads are
adorned with bells, which is a signal to let the man know that the woman
wants to engage in se.xual intercourse. The Yorubas have a revered
usage attached to the waist beads. It is also worn as a form of birth
control, as a way of preventing obesity or also for their ‘healing’ and
therapeutic powers.
They refer to the waist bead as ILEKE or LAGIDIGBA is made of palm nut
shells string together, while the ‘bebe’ which is also worn around the
waist is made of glass
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