The first step in making Maasai bead jewelry is sourcing the right materials. Traditionally, beads were made from natural elements such as seeds, bones, and stones. Today, glass beads are more ...

Often seen as simple ornaments, beads carry deep meaning for Sarawak’s indigenous communities, symbolising identity, history, and heritage. Today, these traditions are finding new life in peninsular ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Susana Daniel Chemakwany sits quietly under a white tent near the U.S. Capitol, stitching tiny, multicolored beads together into a colorful array of necklaces, wristlets and earrings ...

In the Ghanaian traditional system beads depict royalty, and make women complete, but in recent times the infusion of fashion is denigrating the cultural essence of the traditional beads by gradually ...

Refah threads a traditional beads necklace to pass the time while manning the stall at the Rungus Traditional House at KDCA in Penampang. THERE was a vibrant “war of beads” at traditional houses near ...

Dembe Mandavha wers a collar necklace. Photo: Perseuspictures. LIMPOPO – Young innovator, Dembe Mandavha of Malavuwe village outside Thohoyandou, believes Dembe Beads is the epitome of traditional ...