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Colorful Beads

Accessories are becoming more and more popular as fashion items and many colourful accessories are currently being made from beads, including necklaces and rings. The right accessories can enhance an outfit and the wearer’s appearance.

Beads were actually created and used a long time ago by our predecessors going back to the Stone Age. They also used them for various accessories. As they believed in life after death great care was taken of the dead and accessories were used as gifts to be taken into the next life. Some kinds of bead accessories were found in the sarcophagus such as the items found in the famous historical sites at Gilimanuk Beach, West Bali.
They made such accessories by a poured on the point that was to be holed. In the later stage they were able to make smaller holes and perfect surfaces. On entering the period where bronze and gold were discovered, they began to make the accessories of bronze and gold.
Although many kinds of gold and silver accessories are now available on the market, bead accessories still attract so many people. Due to the developing creative design a wide range of choice is available to consumers such as necklaces, rings and bracelets. Beads are made of many materials that can be taken directly from the surroundings including the shell of dead mollusks, dried beans, and cuts of bamboo and wood. Some other materials are bronze, silver, resin, plastic and gold.
The use of bead accessories is not limited to the daily usage but also for some occasions in relation to religious rites For example, a holy priest on duty will wear beads. After the three-month rite, a baby is given a necklace consisting of beads with an ancient small silver coin. Having used it for a certain period, it is taken off, then handed down to the next generation. (Punia)