What is which hand to wear it symbolic of?
2007-05-17 06:32:30 · 26 answers · asked by No No 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
See what innocent babes we are to customs of other countries?
2007-05-17 07:46:17 · update #1
Were these left-right traditions started by different religions?
2007-05-17 07:51:00 · update #2
It really depends on the country you're from. I'm Canadian and wedding/engagement rings are always worn on the left ring finger. However, the other day, my Danish fiance' and I were shopping for wedding bands and I was very surprised to learn that he plans to wear his ring on his right ring finger - as per the custom in Denmark. I'm okay with this, but it caught us both off guard that this is something our countries do differently. Apparently many European countries wear the rings on the right hand.
2007-05-17 07:39:09 · answer #1 · answered by zenobia2525 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wedding Band Left Or Right
2016-10-30 06:24:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In ancient times, it was believed there was a vein in the third finger of the left hand that ran directly to the heart. Thus, the ring being placed on that finger, denoted the strong connection of a heartfelt love and commitment to one another. Although during times of modern autopsy, this long held belief was found not to be so, the tradition continued to this day.
Medieval bridegrooms place the ring on three of the bride's fingers, in turn, to symbolize, God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. The ring then remained on the third finger and has become the customary ring finger for English-speaking cultures. In some European countries, the ring is worn on the left hand before marriage, and is moved to the right hand during the ceremony. However, in most European countries the ring is still worn on the brides left hand. A Greek Orthodox bride wears her ring on her left had before marriage, and moves it to her right hand after the ceremony.
2007-05-17 06:38:15 · answer #3 · answered by sublimebch 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In North America, it is on the left hand the majority of the time. You will hear that whole vein story about that.
However, my husband is from Eastern Europe, and he asked me before we got married if I would follow their tradition and wear the rings on the right hand. Sure, thought it was cool, and it has been! We are around a lot of his family, and friends from his country here, and all of us wear our wedding rings on the right hand. Interestingly, when my mom and dad were married in Canada in 1945, in a Ukrainian ceremony, the rings were placed on the right hands. However, my mom felt uncomfortable with this since all the other women she knew wore it on the left hand, so she switched the rings.
I'm proud to wear my wedding rings on my right hand - a nice mix of his and my family traditions through our ethnic culture.
2007-05-17 09:14:38 · answer #4 · answered by Lydia 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is according to custom of the country. There is no right or wrong way to wear a wedding ring. A ring is a symbol, if you don't wear one it doesn't change the fact that your married.
2007-05-17 06:42:14 · answer #5 · answered by Poppet 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I depends on where they are from. In some Western cultures (USA, UK, France), the wedding ring is worn on the left hand. This choice of finger relates to traditions purportedly dating to classical times, from an early usage reportedly referring to the fourth finger of the left hand as containing the vein of love. At least in part due to this tradition, it became acceptable to wear the wedding ring on this finger. By wearing rings on the fourth finger of their left hands, a married couple symbolically declares their eternal love for each other. This has now become a matter of tradition and etiquette in these countries.
In other countries such as Germany, India, Venezuela and Chile, however, it is worn on the right hand. In Spain it is also worn on the right, except by Catalan people. Orthodox Christians and Eastern Europeans also traditionally wear the wedding band on the right hand. Jewish couples wear the wedding ring on the left hand, even though it is placed on the right hand during the marriage ceremony. As for after the death of a spouse, traditions include the surviving spouse continuing to wear their own wedding ring after their partner's death; but on the ring finger of the other hand.
2007-05-17 06:39:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The wedding ring should be worn on the left. It is an old theory that there is a vein that runs from our ring finger on our left hand to our heart and that is where the tradition comes from. That is also why it is tradition to wear the wedding band first and the engagment ring on the outer part of our finger so the weddng band is the closest to our heart.
2007-05-17 06:36:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
In the USA, the UK, and France, it's on the left. In a lot of other European countries (Germany, Poland, Greece), it's traditionally on the right. And in some countries, I've read it goes either way, based on the couple's religion. I don't know about elsewhere. Go with what your family does.
2007-05-17 06:39:47 · answer #8 · answered by Flamekat 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ring finger of the left hand. I heard that it is the left hand because there is a vein that flows all the way from that finger to your heart.
2007-05-17 09:33:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was always on the left. I don't know any married people that wear it anywhere but the left. I'm sure I'll get thumbsdowned for this, but I thought people that wear on their right hands are gay couples that haven't been able to legally marry. I do know one married woman that wears her ring on her right hand, but she feels compelled to explain that she only wears on the right because she injured her left hand and can't put a ring on her left ring finger.
2007-05-17 06:37:48 · answer #10 · answered by Amy27 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋