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The history of changes of wedding ring is stated here. Or it would be better to say that here are some facts dealing with the evolution of wedding ring and customs and culture dealing with fact. The different types of culture of ring indicate that the designs and rituals can be changed but the love for ornaments remains the same, unchanged.

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 modern Greece there are tworings used – gold for the bridegroom, and silver for the bride – which are frequently interchanged by the two in token of union and of domestic equality, the higher value of the ring of the husband, however, still marking his superiority. 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.

In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Italians used betrothal-rings, which were generally of silver, inlaid with niello. The bezel was oval or circular, and the shoulders of the hoop formed sleeves from which issued hands that clasped. The medieval Italians esteemed the diamond for espousal-rings, from its supposed power of maintaining concord between husband and wife.

The Irish peasantries have a general impression that marriage without a gold ring is not legal. In former days, girls in the mountain-regions were often married at twelve and thirteen. The women thought that bracelets of hair, given to the husband, were charms of certain efficacy in love.

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Saree – the traditional Indian wear for women has found recognition around the world. A salwar suit is also quite popular as traditional Indian wear for men, though not as popular as a saree. Men’s Indian wear, however, have not been as popular. Although the sherwani has gained some popularity, but apart from that the traditional Indian wear for men, remain practically unknown to the world. Lets have a look at some of the important traditional Indian wear for men.

Shwerwani

Sherwanis are quite popular as wedding wear among Indian men. The fashion wedding sherwanis are quite popular in the rest of the world too. They are usually in rich colors and texts with traditional Indian embroider work and with an added fashion accessory, the men’s stole.

Kurta Pyjama

Kurta pyjama is the basic style of traditional Indian wear of men. The sherwanis have been inspired from the men’s kurta pyjama. Designers have modified and manipulated the basic kurta pyjama design to make different kinds of sherwanis. With a little variation in the kurta or the pyjama a simple men’s Indian attire can be worn in different ways. Some common styles are:

*      Kurta Pyjama
*      Chridaar Kurta Pyjama
*      Pathani Kurta Pyjama

Some of the popular traditional Indian kurta pyjamas are the Kolkata Kurta pyjama & the Lucknow Kurta pyjama.

Dhoti

Dhoti is not a commonly wore traditional Indian wear, but it’s one of the important Indian wears. Dhoti is worn by men during the festive occasions and wedding. Dhoti is an important wear for weddings as dhotis are worn by the men during religious ceremonies and rituals. Usually white, ocher, yellow and saffron colors of dhotis are preferred. Indian priests wear the dhoti the most.

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