Uses of beads

Beads are indeed very useful to the people of Ghana. It also serves as precious ornament to Ghanaians especially the old men and women. It is also believed in the olden days that beads and gold happens to be one of the greatest and precious ornament left behind by our mothers and fathers and our great grand parents when they seems to be getting nearer to their grave. This is because beads were regarded as graceful and fanciful and very much appreciated when given to you as a property.

But what do we see today. The modern Ghanaian prefers a car and other things as property instead of beads. This behavior has not changed our lifestyle alone but our culture too. Why don’t we appreciate what we produce by ourselves and make good use of them instead of foreign goods. From a thorough research carried on, Ghanaians these days prefer the foreign ornaments especially the women for dressing instead of the ornaments made hear in Ghana. Some men are not found even with a single bead on their wrist, but there is one secret unknown to Ghanaian men or men in general, that a single bead on their wrist makes them look more handsome and romantic.

I will take you to some of the various uses of beads in the activities of Ghanaians. Some of these activities include: festivals, outdooring, naming ceremonies, puberty rites, functions, and most occasions in Ghana and abroad, but some research carried on shows that, some Ghanaians who travel outside the country engulf themselves with beautiful beads the moment they arrive in the foreign land, they remove these beads and sell them out. The question is why we don’t portray our rich ornaments in order for the foreigners to trace our root to Ghana as tourist which will promote our tourist sites and generate more income to our dear nation.

Is rest assured that beads are beautiful and looks beautiful on us when we wear them and makes us look like a real Ghanaian? Let us, as Ghanaians put beads on our wrist and necks today, to promote made in Ghana goods. We must not wait for an occasion before we factionalize ourselves with beads. Just try one bead on your wrist and neck and see how beautiful you will look and promote made in Ghana goods. The one bead you buy today, will put a meal on the table of these bead makers.

Below are some pictures to show you how beautiful beads looks on you when you wear them.

Your comments are welcome.

 These are chiefs in a festival durbar, and as you can see them dress in the African kente and beautiful beads on their necks and wrist.

 this picture is a young girl dancing with enthusiasm during a cultural festival. She too looks beautiful in atire and beads around her.

Here is an Ashanti woman dancing adowa. this is what am talking about. The significant of beads.

 These are girls performing puberty rites in the Krobo land,precisely Odumase-Krobo.