A step to look for the history of wedding rings
A bridal set, or wedding set, is the brides’ engagement ring and wedding band. The two bands share style and design elements, and are made to be worn together. Often they are linked together and cannot be worn separately. Occasionally the wedding set will also include the groom’s wedding band. For a bridal set, there might be diamonds in the wedding band, to match the engagement ring.
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.
Originated in France and an inspiration for the Puzzle ring, the twin ring emerged at first as a symbol of friendship and affection; later, however, it graduated to the position of a token of love. This “joint tenancy” ring was, in reality, a double ring, and the twin hoops were united much like the links of a chain. The two sections were constituted so that each had one flat and one convex side, and when the two flat surfaces were brought together, one ring was formed. Often, a hand formed a part of each circlet, and when these hands were clasped, the separate rings were held in place. When the lover put his finger through one hoop and his sweetheart put hers through the other, they were truly symbolically “yoked together.” Stemming and speaking of Jewish customs and traditions, the wedding ring should be a plain gold one as that reflects the purity of the union between a man and a woman. Till the 19th century, couples who wanted to get married in the Church of England had to provide some sort of a ring in order to get married. Due to lack of a plain band, substitutes such as leather strips and even curtain shower rings were used.
A wedding band is a symbol of love and commitment of a couple towards each other; the wedding ring keeps the relation of a couple intact, no matter how far they are from each other. The ritual of using wedding bands is prevalent in almost all cultures of mankind.
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