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Anklet or Ankle chain is deeply rooted in African culture before becoming a fashion piece in modern times. It doesn\u2019t portray indecency sometimes a simple research would help you. <\/p>\n
Ankle chain wearing is dated far back to ancient Egypt it was worn to show a woman\u2019s social status in society or symbol of wealth. <\/p>\n
Ankle chains determine the marital or social status of the wearer. And it also determines the wealth of the family to which one belongs. <\/p>\n
In Ivory Coast Among the Senoufous, this jewel is worn during initiatory rites, funerals or certain festivals. It is made mostly of bronze, lost wax, brass.<\/p>\n
In Burkina Faso or Congo it is use as a wedding gift. When a young woman is going to get married, ankle bracelets are offered to her as a dowry.<\/p>\n
For example, in the Congo, the bridegroom gives his future wife several pairs of bracelets to the feet (about 5) before he can discuss the marriage.<\/p>\n
In Liberia and Ghana is worn by the traditional cultural dancers. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s is also use as a beauty statement piece for women to wear beads around their necks, arms, wrist, waist, and ankles. <\/p>\n
While you using wearing ankle chain as a measurement for bad parenting and indecency. <\/p>\n
Let it be known wearing these carefully selected African beads around my ankle is a symbol of my African Heritage. It\u2019s me reclaiming my African culture, showing off the queen that I am. <\/p>\n
A lot of you are fed watered down history influence by western culture to have you feeling your own culture is barbaric and lose your African identity. <\/p>\n
In some cases it was worn as an identity of your ethnicity which was stripped of Africans as they were captured as salves. <\/p>\n
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