African hip jewelry: the meaning of these cult jewels

Ethnic and African jewelry has always fascinated with its beauty and particularity. It is in the southern hemisphere that these colorful and unique accessories, with intense cultural charm, are created.

Hip jewelry is an accessory worn at the waist or more loosely on the hips. This accessory is therefore a tool for highlighting feminine curves. It highlights the waist and brings out the hips while accentuating the movements of the woman's body. Often very colorful, it attracts the attention of men a very sensual And feminine .

Indeed, hip and waist jewelry has continued to be trends in Europe and this since the 2000s. These African jewelry, worn by African-American icons like Beyonce And Rihanna, fascinate thanks to their sensuality and to their power to enhance the female body. But how are African hip jewelry called and distinguished, and what is the meaning of Baya, Binbin , Zigida , Sikida and their main use.

THE baya : an African cut jewel, representative of a seduction tool originating from Mali

Let's start first with the Baya. The Baya is a hip jewel , the meaning of this jewel in malinkés is here next : baya is identified as African pearls. For West African women, the baya is associated with sex and sensuality. These beaded jewelry have a sense of seduction and allow the man's gaze to be focused on the hips, waist and buttocks of the African woman.

For many Malian women, the belly chain is a way of announcing to the men around them that they are becoming desirable and marriageable women. The body is highlighted, leaving room for generous and shaped curves.

Hip jewels are available in different versions : we will find waist jewelry with large pearls or fine pearls, jewelry in plain or multi-colored colors. Belly jewelry consists of gold, ivory, pearls, glass or silver.

Even if the names of this hip accessory are different, sometimes baya , sometimes Binbin the effects and usefulness remain the same, this accessory is thus known and revered throughout the continent. You can see what they are used for here .

The traditional body jewelry Binbin , beautifying your hips on the Senegal side

Hip jewelry is very well known in Africa, in West Africa, they are called Binbin . For Senegalese women, Senegalese hip jewelry represents a weapon of seduction and aphrodisiac as well as a protective accessory. In indeed, the ethnic beads are known For their therapeutic virtues, they would act as a sort of intangible and spiritual protection against to the spirits evil and demonic. African cultures share their beliefs about the medicinal or spiritual virtues of jewelry on human fertility.

There are several kinds of Binbin , with distinct names and meanings , we then find one of the most fantasies: THE binbin peme : a bright African hip jewelry. THE moro moro also stands out from other jewelry ethnic, because he defines himself as a binbin fragrant, for increase the aphrodisiac effect of this belly accessory.

Called also Sikida Or Zigida in Gabon or Congo, THE Binbin remains the same, but Sometimes door in a different way. West Africa retains an intimate use of hip jewelry unlike more exuberant uses in public in other countries.

The meaning of hip jewelry: a demand for African female power

One might believe that waist jewelry is only a weapon of seduction and sensuality, but African women use this jewelry as a real currency of exchange. By wearing this ethnic jewel, she asserts her right to respect in front of man and takes power over THE marital relationship.

This ethnic jewel was therefore worn and transmitted from mothers to daughters. African mothers passed on to their daughters the power of claim and defense that the hip accessory possesses. In addition, women used it to control their weight or demonstrate their positive bodily changes to men, because it could be used as a measuring tool.

The hip jewel representative of the ethnic beauty of the country

Whether it is the Binbin or the Baya, these accessories are seen by the African population as a beauty accessory. It is, however, worn by women in enmity and not in the streets as European women wear today. Ethnic hip jewelry was originally very colorful, artisanal and worked with several materials. On a global scale, it is taken up by the giants in a more modern way, that is to say in gold or silver with numerous rhinestones. However, it remains important to recognize the ethnic origin of this African hip jewelry .