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African Waist Beads & Their Meaning.  🔮💫

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Across Cultures: Jigida Beads

Vintage, lightweight, and colorful, these rare vinyl bead were flown in from Mali, which is located in West Africa. Known as "waist beads" they are symbols of femininity, strength, and maturity and can be worn to adorn the neck.

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photo credit: www.namywedding.com Traditionally worn by women in Africa to help maintain waistline definition. Jigada beads are traditionally worn under clothes and have varying significance including spiritual, and cosmic, depending on the color, style, etc.

Although functionality varies  it is often customary for the Jigida beads to remain hidden and shared only with the person intimately connected to the wearer.

Also known as: Jigida  as Jel-Jelli, Girl-Girl, Yomba or Djelay

Flaunt your femininity and make a statement with your own unique, strand of Jigida beads now available at onethirdtribalmercantile.com