Fashion-101

Waist Beads

This piece is called a waist/hip beads it is mostly worn by women sometimes men depending on the culture.

Waist beads are made of glass beads, animal bone seeds crystals, or wood, they are decorated differently depending on your tribe, age, social status, waist, family etc.beads are often used to express self but it goes beyond that.they also are important for communication. For example, each color has a significant meaning it could tell which family someone belongs in. The number of beads on a string is important.in some parts of Africa it is used to enhance a girl's femininity. Waist beads are also a tool for weight loss. Some beads can represent ancestral knowledge and prevention from the evil eye.

Each color of beads symbolizes something else.

Yellow symbolizes wisdom, knowledge, clarity, increasing awareness and can calm nerves

Blue symbolizes knowledge , healing, peace,truth,harmony could also symbolize faith,devotion,deep insight

Green symbolizes prosperity, hope, harmony, healing, nature,generosity, humbleness, self-control.

Grey/silver symbolizes Wisdom ,meditation,classic and responsible.

Black symbolize protector,bold,power.