Wedding Ring: An Overview On Styles And Pattern

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In every culture and custom exchange of ring is supposed to be an engagement. Ring symbolizes marriage or engagement. A spouse wears it to indicate a marital commitment to fidelity. A fiancée or a fiancé wears it to indicate his or hers engagement. A wedding or a wedding band is a jewelry item made up with metals. Not only in western countries but also in eastern countries exchange of rings is considered as commitment for lifetime. In certain countries wedding ring is worn on the base of the left ring finger. In other countries this is worn on the right ring finger. Today wedding band is gaining popularity among young couples.

The history tells that wedding ring is wedding ring was used as the mark of marriage of two souls. Not only in western countries but in the ancient history of India we get to know about this ritual or custom before wedding. Usually plain golden band or ring used as a wedding ring. The popularity of gold in this case is dependent on the fact that gold is durable, easier o afford and easy to use daily. The popularity of gold jewelry can be cited for this. Medical personals prefer gold because ...
... it can be cleaned easily. Moreover in eastern countries gold is thought to be auspicious metal and thus its popularity. Women generally wear narrow bands or ring and men wear broader bands or rings. They are designed that way.

In France and mostly in French speaking countries three interwoven rings are considered as a wedding ring. These three interwoven rings stand for Christian virtues of ‘faith', ‘hope' and ‘love'. Here the word ‘love' indicates a particular type of perfect disinterested love synonymous to the Greek word ‘agape'. This pattern slides off quickly because the rings flow over each other. Women in Greek and Anatolian which consist of most of modern turkey wear and receive puzzle wedding ring. This is nothing but sets of interlocking metal bands and the bride must arrange it in order to form a single ring out of it. Traditionally men wryly give this type of ring as a test of their women's monogamy. With the time passing this ritual has been obsolete any intellectual women can solve the ring puzzle with little bit of practice and little effort. In North America we got to see a different picture. In North America and in European countries it is seen that women wear two different rings on the same finger. Those are a plain wedding band and an engagement ring. They buy such rings as a pair of bands designed to fit together. And moreover it is also seen that women who are married for a long time wears three rings on their finger, from hand to tip of finger. They are serially a wedding band, an engagement ring, and an eternity ring. In UK this pattern of wearing rings is very common. Engraving wedding rings are also hot favorite among couples of United States. Celtic designs are engraved or embossed with a Celtic knot design which symbolizes oneness and continuity. Claddagh wedding rings symbolize fidelity and Russian three interlocking rings are bands of rose, made up of yellow and white gold and worn on the right hand.

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