Who doesn’t like a present on their birthday? In fact, people have come to expect receiving presents on their birthday so much that if a present is not offered, they feel badly for a long time. Relationships have been disrupted because of a person not receiving a birthday present.

There is a simple resolution to this situation. If you find yourself in the position of needing to give anyone a birthday present, but just can’t find the appropriate thing to give, Novobeads has the solution. They offer beautiful bead bracelets that really stand out. They have beads of every shape, color and size, and you are sure to find something unexpectedly beautiful.

I have been a long-time customer of Novobeads. I was given a gift of a bead bracelet upon becoming a teenager. It had my favorite colors on it, and the crystals it was adorned with really made it stand out. At the outset I was afraid to wear it thinking it was very expensive. I have come to find out that it just looks expensive. It is a real case of looks can be deceiving.

Beads have always been one of my favorite gifts to give. They are durable, stylish, and seem to withstand any storm. Ever since I found out that I could buy the particular bead bracelets that Novobeads produces, it has become my go-to-gift. I have never had the experience of having someone not be extremely pleased with the gift of a bead bracelet.

I must confess that most of my friends and family are women, and I mostly buy for them. However, I have been told that Novobeads also offers guys a great variety as well. Whatever the case, the giving of bead bracelets has brought me and countless others wonderful joy.

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The history of beads dates back about 40 thousand years. Beads have been made by every culture in history since the earliest sign of man. The Egyptians were making glass beads by 1365 B.C. and there are several thousand-year-old glass factories that are still in production in Lebanon. There is evidence that China has been making and exporting glass beads for centuries. Burial sites of many cultures are a common place to find glass and brass beads.

Before the North Americans interacted with the Europeans, beads were made from gold, jade, bone, turquoise, and shells. Indians from the Pacific coast traded seashells to the Southwest Indians. Indians from the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico traded beads to the people of the Mississippi River valley.

A major resource of glass beads used in the fur trade was Venice, Italy. Venetians held a near monopoly on the bead industry for almost 600 years. A guild of Venetian glass makers existed in 1224 A. D. Around 1291, a large portion of the Venetian glass industry moved to Murano, an island north of Venice. City fathers feared that an accident with one of the glass furnaces could destroy the city.

For over two hundred years, beads were prepared in Murano by a method known as “winding.” With this method, beads were made individually by drawing a molten glob of glass out of the furnace and winding it around an iron rod. Glass of another color could then be attached, or the bead could be decorated with a design. Coloring agents were added to the molten glass: cobalt made blue; copper produced green; tin made a milky white; and gold resulted in red. Wound beads from a master glassmaker were so perfect it was hard to find a seam where the different molten glasses merged.

Another method was blown glass beads. Using this method, a glob of molten glass was taken out from the furnace and the desired shape obtained by blowing through a glass tube; much the same way glass vases are made.

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Beads can be traced to the origination of mankind. Primarily, beads were used as Mojo to help in the conquest for food. It was thought that if one wore a “piece” of the animal being pursued, it would bring good luck on the next hunt. Similarly, talismans were used as security from enemies in battle and to fend off a variety of ailments. Then, as today, many stones were said to possess distinctive powers.

Beads advanced more as the world’s agricultural and tribal societies, with varied religious rites, were efficient into civilizations with systematized religions. Beads became serviceable. They were used to enhance and fasten clothing and in the making of bags. The Chinese created the abacus, which aided in counting and difficult calculations. It is hypothesized that the abacus, with its concept of stringing beads, lead to the practice of counting prayers.

The stringing of beads allowed the supporter to simply keep count of the amount of prayers repeated. The earliest use of prayer beads is traced to the Hindu faith of India. examination was the stimulus for the spread of this practice. Originally, this movement spread to the East, then Middle East, and finally Europe. For the religions of Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and Catholics, the use of prayer beads in these four faiths is the same. They are largely used to keep track of devotions. While the seriousness of materials used, amount of beads and religious lore is different to each faith. The support of this knowledge comes from missionaries and devotees of the new arranged faiths as they encountered the ancient traditions and myths of the tribal groups.

A full rosary consisting of 150 beads is identified as a chaplet or Psalter. This number relates to the number of Psalms. Fifteen larger beads separate the whole into decades or groups of ten. This models the original finger counting method for tracking prayer. The small decade or Ave beads are used to recite ‘Hail Mary” prayers. While the large separator beads are employed in the “Our Father” and Gloria” prayers. Each decade embody a subject or mystery in the life of Jesus and Mary.

Muslim explorers and traders most likely instituted the Buddhist prayer bead tradition to Islam. No conclusive date is known for the introduction of their prayer beads or “Subha”, which means, “to exalt”. The 99-bead strand is separated into 33 bead sections by marker (Ruku) beads. The 100th bead (Imam) or “leader bead” denotes the completion of one cycle of devotion or “one has come full circle”. Cords come out of the leader bead and are affixed to two Ruku beads and a tassel. It is believed evil spirits do not like dangling objects, making the tassel effective avoiding the “evil eye”.

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