Yes, in countries like Ivory Coast, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Benin it is customary for women to wear their beads underneath their clothing. There are other countries where wearing waist beads in public is more normalized such as Nigeria and South Africa for example. That is one of the reasons why it is always important to know a bit about the culture surrounding the Waist beads that you are purchasing, every country has different rules. * Fun fact in countries where keeping your waist beads private is t