25/08/2023
One of our most frequently asked questions is, what are purposes of wearing waist beads ?
Here is a quick run down of some of the reasons for wearing waist beads:
1. In many West-African cultures, waist beads are used as a form of body adornment, and can serve as a means of communicating social status, wealth, femininity and fertility.
2. They have traditionally been worn privately for intimate reasons, but modernisation has made waist beads more of a fashion statement for their aesthetic appeal.
3. Other common uses of waist beads are to keep track of weight gain and weight loss, traditionally gifted after giving birth, and for the moulding and emphasis of curves and the body's natural shape.
Which of the reasons above would you wear them for ?
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