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Where Do Your Fashion Bead Earrings Come From
hen I think of beads I meet the age-old need for
think of Africa - South "protection against evil" - Which
Africa to be exact. There is where the saying "evil eye"
is nothing the Zulu can't make comes from. The "eye beads"
with beads. They sit in Durban, served as protective amulets as
next to the sea on the sidewalk, it looks like there are eyes on
and the work their miracles with the beads that can see in every
beads: Long beads, thin beads, direction. They encourage those
round beads, small beads, and who look at them to look away
large beads - Beads of every from the person who is wearing it
shape or size. Some beads go into and keep him/her safe. In
the making of placemats, table archaeological findings, beads
mats, doormats or pot covers. are one of the most common items
Most beads, though, go into the found in ancient graves, showing
making of Jewelry, and most go that beads have always been
into the making of bead earrings. popular.
The Western world also has a In the eighteenth and nineteenth
history with beads. Neanderthal centuries Venetian and Bohemian
man is the earliest we find in factories traded glass in Africa
bead history. These were through middle men. Here they
discovered in France and dated were worked by Africans into
back as far as 38 000 BCE. They jewelry and sold again, being
were pendants and earrings made exported back to the Western
from grooved teeth and bones. World. Europeans exchanged glass
Other findings include prayer beads for almost anything, from
beads dated back to the Middle beaver pelts in North America, to
Ages which are still in use in spices in Indonesia, and then for
the Roman Catholic Church today. gold, ivory and slaves in Africa.
Also, the "eye bead" was used to In Africa, beads are an important
part of a communication. In all designing and making Jewelry.
African societies, adornment, Indian jewelry consist of nose
mostly with beads, communicate rings, earrings, bracelets,
cultural values. These values are tiaras, rings, anklets, amulets
portrayed as a type of symbolic and necklaces, in any metal and
language that shows rank, styles. In some regions designs
religion, politics and artistic are inspired by nature. In other
outlook on life. regions, gold is used to craft
long funnel shaped beads which
In India, the history of jewelry are used with shells, animal
goes back over 5000 years to the claws and teeth and precious and
prehistoric past. In different semi-precious stones. Jewelry is
regions of India there are styles crafted not only for humans but
that are unique to each region. also for the Gods, which is why
Some work mainly in silver, some Indian jewelry is so excellent.
use the delicate art of In the Western world we take the
enameling, the temple jewelry Bead for granted, but when we
concentrate on the setting of truly think of their use they
semi-precious or precious stones become part of a story in our
in gold and they are now world history that reflects the past
famous. The wide variety of and present, and also our future.
silver beads found all over India
are also well known. Today you find beads wherever you
go. In Africa, you find them in
In India jewelry is made for every marketplace. In New
practically every part of the Zealand, there is an online
body in a great variety of wholesale bead shop called "Bead
ornaments. This ensured that the Gallery." You only need to do an
jewelers and craftspeople of online search to find beads in
India became very skillful in your area.
earrings knowing they come from a
Now that you know the history of rich history.
the bead, wear your fashion bead
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