Paper Bead(Saucer shaped)- Tutorial

Beads and puberty rites ceremony (Dipo)

Beads play a significant role in Ghanaian culture , one is the puberty rites ceremony (Dipo) . Dipo is a ceremony that initiates adolescent girls to womanhood.During this ceremony the adolescent girls wear handmade beads that have been passed on from generation to generation. Dipo festival is celebrated by Krobo people in the Eastern region of Ghana .

Ghanaian bauxite beads

Bauxite beads are made from the bauxite rock. They are handmade and drilled by people in Akyem Abompe a village in the eastern region of Ghana.

Bodom beads

Bodom bead is a highly valued bead in ghana,. Bodom beads
are traditionally produced to be worn exclusively by African chiefs