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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 282433, member: 45"]Yes, this is traditional Maasai beadwork, from Kenya. </p><p><br /></p><p>It's made by the women, but worn everyone. The color of the beads, and styles of the beading, have symbolic meanings, and some are specific to age groups, marital, and social status. Many individual pieces are usually worn stacked together, and may have symbolism meaningful to the individual wearer.</p><p><br /></p><p>White beads are usually said to represent the milk of their cattle, and therefore is associated with purity. Most of the symbolism relates in some way to their cattle, which are considered central to their way of life.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 282433, member: 45"]Yes, this is traditional Maasai beadwork, from Kenya. It's made by the women, but worn everyone. The color of the beads, and styles of the beading, have symbolic meanings, and some are specific to age groups, marital, and social status. Many individual pieces are usually worn stacked together, and may have symbolism meaningful to the individual wearer. White beads are usually said to represent the milk of their cattle, and therefore is associated with purity. Most of the symbolism relates in some way to their cattle, which are considered central to their way of life.[/QUOTE]
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