It got me thinking and wondering why. All I knew was that waist beads (also locally known as embila) are for young babies especially girls that are used to shape their waists and may be used as decoration material for some cultures like the Masai of Kenya among others.
However, some new information has come to light about the mystery of butiiti. Waist beads are a bedroom accessory that most women have abused today by bring them out into the public. Perhaps they are naïve about the use, importance or reason for wearing the butiiti.