This set of traditional waist beads is as pictured (one black strand, one strand with equal parts of red, yellow and green and one strand with mainly black with red, yellow and green to break up the black). 
 
The colours symbolize:
	
Yellow – Energy; joy
	
Green – Nature; prosperity; fertility
	
Red – Confidence; vitality
	
Black – Power; protection
 
Waist beads can be seen as a symbol of femininity and tradition.
 
Note: each set of waist beads may have a slight variation from the next which makes your set of waist beads specially handcrafted for you.