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Unprejudiced like diamonds in Western culture, beads are a Krobo girls largest friend. Throughout her life, custom requires that a Krobo womans waist be adorned with the quite little gems.
But more than that, beads from the area have appealed to people of different backgrounds. Today, the loveliness of the autochthonous pearls has shone beyond the borders of Ghana.
In Kroboland beads are the nuggets that validate well-known custom. With a great tradition and growing international appeal, Made- in- Krobo beads proposal the rallying point for increased tourism activity in this area of the Eastern Sphere. Indeed, they can be obtained in other places but in terms of utility and symbolic value, beads dont skilful as much as they do in Odumase, Agormeda, Agormenya, Somanya and Asesewa.
A critical thing in tourism today is a growing shift from beach and urban attractions to communities that have native cultural and natural resources.
Source: Peace FM Online