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Women who wear waist beads are good in bed, but not wife-material

Waist beads and anklets have been worn by Mijikenda women for centuries, and for many reasons. Some men in Coast say women who wear waist beads and anklets are good in bed and some men go an extra mile to buy the fashion items for their wives.

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