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Your Wedding Band is Part of a Long Tradition

by NetaE.Talmor

If youre looking for wedding bands for your upcoming nuptials, then you are traveling a path which has been trod for millennia. Wedding rings have a long history, being used in one form or another for thousands of years in different cultures all over the world in marriage ceremonies.

As far as historians have been able to ascertain, the ancient Egyptians were one of the first cultures to incorporate wedding rings in their wedding ceremonies. People in ancient Egypt would use the materials which were affordable for them to create their wedding rings, with hemp or leather being used by the lower classes, while the more affluent would use carved ivory rings instead. Unlike our modern wedding rings, these were designed to last only a couple of years and were given as gifts by the couple to each other on their wedding day rather than lasting a lifetime as we think of them today.

There were many different kinds of wedding rings in use even in antiquity. The plain gold bands which we are familiar with have been around for a long time, but in Greece and Turkey puzzle rings were a common choice and French women have traditionally received wedding bands which are composed of three interwoven bands.

One thing which has changed about wedding rings over the centuries is where they have been worn. In modern Western cultures, the wedding ring is traditionally worn on the left hand on the third finger. The reason for this is that this finger is the site of a vein which runs directly from the heart (this is actually not true, but it is a lovely story). However, in Elizabethan England, women wore their wedding rings in the thumb and Russian brides often wore their wedding rings on the third finger of the right hand rather than the left.

You have a lot of choices when it comes to wedding rings; you can decide from one with a long history and many traditions which come with it or choose a plain gold band. There are also Celtic-style knot work rings, Turkish puzzle ring styles and interwoven bands in the French style. Regardless of which style you choose for your marriage, a wedding ring makes a strong statement about your lasting love and commitment to your spouse " a tradition which has thousands of years of history behind it.

DISCLAIMER: This article is provided as information only and is not to be taken as financial advice.

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