ABOUT beadsbySaru

 

beadsbySaru is a hand made beaded jewellery  business which is black woman run and owned. We currently have two categories of beaded jewellery that is available; that is our custom waist beads and our beaded bra straps.

 

About our Waist beads

 

Waist beads have been apart of African culture since the 15th century. They are made from either a single strand or multiple strands of beads which are made from various kinds of glass, metal, crystal, bone, and wooden beads worn around the waist and stomach.

 

Waist beads are worn for many reasons such as for womanhood, femininity, fertility, spirituality, protection, seduction, confidence, sexuality, intimacy, status, wealth, celebration and so much more!

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Adornment- Waist Beads help women embrace and honour their sexuality. They make women feel beautiful and help with a positive body image, self-love and acceptance.

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Intimacy- Waist beads are also worn for seduction and can provoke desire. Wives would often lure their husbands with the rattle of beads or use them as a means to communicate their fertility at certain times of the month.

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Weight Management- The practice of wearing several waist beads over time will help to keep the waist small and accentuate the hips. They can be a good tool to measure weight gain and loss.

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Celebratory Purposes- Throughout several countries in Africa, waist beads have been used to adorn girls in celebration of how they have matured. Traditionally, mothers adorned their daughters with waist beads during their first menstruation as a rise of passage into womanhood.

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Waist Beads tell the story of our womb. They remind us that our curves and everything within our belly is what makes us women.