Beads are usually small round pieces of pierced glass, wood or metal joined 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 smoked pot and commences to ‘smoke 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 s.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.
The Yorubas have a belief that the waist
beads possess some er0tic appeal and have the power to incite desire or
deep emotional response on men. Waist Beads in Yoruba are also used for
birth control, the beads are laced with charms and worn by the women to
prevent conception and were also around the waist of baby girls to
perfectly shape her buttocks.
Gone are the days when beads have been
thought to be worn by ‘UNSOPHISTICATED’, forward or slutty women alone,
also different stories abound on the usage of waist beads by ladies and
some men who believe they are infused or laced with charms or Juju or
Juju will never touch a woman wearing beads with a 10 foot pole for the
fear of falling under the supposed spell of such women.
For a while, waist beads almost went
into extinction but now the re emergence of beads has added a new
dimension into the craze among Nigerian Ladies. While some men ablor it,
some request their partners get them as it makes them more sensual and
attractive.
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