Cultures That Dont Wear Wedding Rings

12272010 Wedding rings are a recent cultural trend not a religious one.

Cultures that dont wear wedding rings. Jewelry is seen as drawing attention to the body and thus encouraging pride. 1102018 Id love to wear a wedding ring but Ive lost three of them in our 38 years of marriage and we both decided its probably better if I dont get another one Linda Tramel Arnold. To the contrary rings are often mentioned in the Bible in positive ways.

Women wear the ring after it gets passed down from the mother but the ring moves over to the left hand when she is engaged. Ive seen them framed and displayed either on the living room for everyone to see or by the couples bed as a private token. Men were not forced to show the symbol of their marriage because they were considered above the woman in status.

Engagement rings for example came about as a method of ensuring that the man kept his promise to marry the woman. In the Hindu tradition women are given toe rings called bichiya as engagement rings. In Northern and Eastern Europe the bride and groom in countries like Spain Portugal and Greece commonly wear their wedding rings on the right hand.

They are beautiful decorated in different styles and hand-written. 912015 In traditional Hindu cultures women wear toe rings known as bichiya instead of finger ringsSome women will wear a Western-style engagement ring as well. Some traditions of Italian weddings go back to ancient Rome.

Although the Bible does not command married people to exchange rings Scripture nowhere criticizes wearing a ring in general or a wedding ring in particular. It is then from the moment the marriage is officialized worn on the other hand. However Amish married couples do not wear wedding rings or jewelry in general.

In France women tend to prefer semi-precious stones over giant. 10132009 Although Jews do wear wedding rings its also a Jewish custom to display in the home the wedding contract called ketubah. 1202021 One s in cultures that dont wear wedding rings the importing of diamonds was allowed 4 years have.