Kitso
Kitso wata al'ada ce da ake yinta domin tufke gashin kai, saboda ado ko kwalliya ko kuma dalili na Addini. A wasu kasashen akasari mata suka fi yin kitso,  yayinda a wasu kasashen maza kadai suka fi yin sa. A wasu kuma maza da mata ne ke yin kitso sai a al'ada kasar Hausa Mata su ne keyin kitso ba maza ba, idan ka ga namiji da kitso to lallai ya saba wa al'adun Hausawa da kuma Addinin Musulunci. Mata na kitse gashin kan su don Kwalliya da birge mazajensu na aure da ma samarinsu kafin aure, kitso yana da matukar muhimmanci sosai musamman ga wasu kabilun Afrika. Amma a al'adance ko kuma a al'adar Hausawa kitso mata ke yi ba maza ba, idan har ka ga namiji da kitso to lallai dan daudu ne kuma ya saba wa Addinin Musulunci, su ma matan akwai inda yake saba wa Addinin Musulunci a yayinda suka nemi kara gashin kansu, wannan haramun ne a Musulunci ko ma da a ce babu haramci to masana sun tabbatar da karin gashi na kawo zubewarsa da mayar da kan mata mai sanƙo.

Wasu matan ma sukan dauki kitso a matsayin sana'ar su ta yau da kullum kuma suna samun amfani. 
Kitso kala-kala ne, akwai na gargajiya da na zamani.

Asalin Kitso
A tarihi idan muka koma shekaru 30,000 baya duk ya fara ne a Afirka.  A hakikanin gaskiya, tsohon sanannen hoton kitso na kwalliya an gano shi a bakin Kogin Nilu, ta wani wurin da aka binne shi da ake kira Saqqara.  Har ila yau, an gano hoton kitso a jikin Giza.  Kabilu, gungiyoyi da yankuna na Afirka sun kawata kawunan su saboda mahimmancin al'adu kuma sun kasance masu rikitarwa da banbanci kamar yawancin salon da muka sani kuma muke son sakewa a yau.

Yawa kamar salo a cikin tarihi, ga shi ya dade da zama alama ta halayen mutum kamar matsayi na zamantakewar jama'a da dukiya da addini da shekaru da matsayin aure da sauransu.

Ire ire-iren kitso na gargajiya 
Ayaba da wuka,
Bayan hanu,
Cikin-hanu,
Cuku,
Doka,
Gaban hanu,
Gammo,
Gudun biri,
Hittobe,
Kalaba,
Kifa-kwando,
Kwando,
Lallabtu,
Leka-tukunya,
Mai maciji,
Mu-gamu-a-kotu,
Mu-gamu-a-tasha,
Tashin soja,
tuntu,
Zane
Malami da dalibansa
shade
Zagaye duniya

Ire-iren kitson Hausawa na zamani 
2 steps,
6-3-3-4,
7-7,
Abuja connection,
Baby face,
Come down love,
Ghana weaven,
Hular tsigai,
Husband and wife,
Ibra style,
Kitson zare,
My husband heart. Da dai sauransu.

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