Europe Wedding Ring Right Hand

After the wedding women usually wear it on the ring finger of the same hand.

Europe wedding ring right hand. Generally the engagement ring is worn on the left ring finger. 2102007 I sometimes see some European girls wear diamond rings on their left ring finger but after some conversation I find out they are not married. 12112020 In some European traditions including many Orthodox ones the wedding ring is worn on the left hand before marriage then transferred to.

At the nuptials a wedding ring is placed on the right hand as in several east European nations including Bulgaria Poland and Russia. Im curious to know whether the left ring finger has the same significance to Europeans andor the left ring finger is used for a promise ringengagement ring. Master Russian reports that Russians also wear their wedding rings on the right ring finger.

4262010 Differences In Culture. Choosing a wedding ring for a Russian or Ukrainian woman. The engagement ring is removed before the wedding ceremony and after the wedding ring is slipped on during the ceremony the engagement ring is replaced on top of it.

Norway Denmark Austria Poland Bulgaria Russia Portugal Spain and Belgium in some territories Georgia Serbia Ukraine Greece Latvia Hungary Colombia Cuba Peru Venezuela. Wearing the wedding ring on the right ring finger evolves from Roman tradition. Have an engagement celebration and a wedding or just the wedding party.

2232019 I wonder if the wearing of the wedding ring on the left hand stems from British practice because the the left hand tradition seems to be strongest in the former British world - US Canada Australia New Zealand etc while the right hand tradition seems to more usual on the Continent of Europe and its former colonies. Not all cultures believe that the wedding ring should be placed on the left hand. These include Latvia Bulgaria and Ukraine.

Then came engagement rings also and they took the heart place of the left hand while the actual wedding ring was moved to the right hand because you shake right hands on it. In certain countries like Lebanon Turkey and Syria the wedding ring is worn on the right until up until the wedding after which its transferred to the left hand. In Europe a couple as a rule buys a wedding ring for the bride.