Culture:How Beads define a Woman in Turkana Community!

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at any given time in her life  she must always be  adorned with colourful  beads,

Turkana Girls -Kenya/Image Courtesy

Swahili Radio Documentary

By James Gitaka

In Turkana community a young  girl  is introduced to beads at a tender  age.

As the  Child  grows the  colour  of the beads  change ,at any given time in her life  she must always be  adorned with colourful  beads,

She will adorn herself with white beads Only when mourning.

“Culture does not make people. People make culture”

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