Oshunwater: A MAN IN A WOMAN'S WORLD

!!WAIST BEADS!!

So who would have thought i'd be sitting up here doing waist beads. lol I'm a super artist. I just love to create. Always calling for the funds and prosperity coming my way but there's always something spiritual and energetic about creating anything! I really got started making a few to help someone else out and then I thought well...why not make my own to sell! After all I had a lot of ideas and I just loved the whole concept and design aspect of them. But........lets back track. Some women know a little about waist beads, some don't , and some think its a "young girl's " thang. But lets talk about these intimate beads. I myself am not claiming to know it all because I am far from that and I'm still learning lol. I'm a man but history always shows these cross gender anomalies. I don't expect to know the deepest secrets in the feminine world. No no, that's not my place. I am a man who appreciates women for all they are and all they manifest into the world through the divine feminine. What ever my role is. I acknowledge that and move forward through that essence.

Waist beads have been around for a very very long time. In Africa they can be found in every part of the continent from North , South, East, West and Central. They are a sign of femininity and are sacred to women. These beads are very intimate and are used in a number of different ways that vary from place to place, people to people, and person to person.

Depending on the cultural background, some females receive beads when they are a few years old. They receive a new set when they go through puberty rites. There are beads that are contraceptive and there are beads that fertility driven. waist beads are said to entice the opposite sex and women lace them with oils, medicines and charms to attract mates. Sometimes even small bells are added onto them to give a jingle when she walks. Most times waist beads are worn underneath the clothing. Many a times they can be seen if the top is short and the mid area is revealed. Waist beads are very popular in the African dance culture and can be used aesthetically in addition to the numerous ways of wearing them. Carnival, festivals, spiritual rites, rites of passages, and more. Female rituals. As old as they are waist beads are indeed making a come back as women are drawn to feminine ideals that come from enhancing their powers. Sure there are some who like it for fashion purposes but for those who seek the inner workings of the beads, there is much to learn.

I've been in an interesting position as a male and am learning quite a bit myself including the bond that women develop during waist bead parties or gathering that have to do with healing, fertility, spiritual protection, sensuality or any other arena that females have birthed to honor the divine feminine. I personally think they look sexy, I think every woman should have them lol so...I guess the so called male's charm works. I enjoy making them as I do with other works of art. I love colors and styles and yes i can be a bit of an overboard when I create things. Maybe that's the leo, and maybe its the Oshun. Probably a bit of everything. So I'm new at this but I am so ready to see where this all goes! Creating, blessing, protecting, enhancing,healing and everything else! Waist beads! Slap your own juju on it and keep it rolling! jingle jingle jingle!!