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		<title>Designing Your Wedding Rings</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The wedding band, that most renowned and straight away recognisable symbol of the joining of a person and a lady as hubby and better half in the establishment of wedding, has a long, wide spread and puzzling history. The meaning of the marriage band can be followed back nearly five thousand years. It is asserted [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.shareourwedding.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Designing-Your-Wedding-Ring.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-224" title="Designing Your Wedding Ring" src="http://www.shareourwedding.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Designing-Your-Wedding-Ring.jpg" alt="Designing Your Wedding Ring Designing Your Wedding Rings" width="200" height="200" /></a>The wedding band, that most renowned and straight away recognisable symbol of the joining of a person and a lady as hubby and better half in the establishment of wedding, has a long, wide spread and puzzling history. The meaning of the marriage band can be followed back nearly five thousand years. It is asserted the ring custom was first originated by the Egyptians who some 4,800 years back twisted plant material (like hemp) into rings and wristbands. The ring is of course a circle and this was the symbol of perpetuity for the Egy ptians as well as many other traditional cultures. It had no beginning and no end, like time.<br />
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The hole in the middle of the ring isn&#8217;t just space either; it&#8217;s vital in its own right as the symbol of the gateway, or door; leading to things and events both known and unknown. It isn&#8217;t tough to discover how the ring and the gift of a ring started to be connected with love, in the hope this most deserving of feelings could take on the features of the circle and capture perpetuity. They suspected the round symbolism of marriage bands was linked to a perpetual love with no end. Usage of the marriage band symbol is discussed in the hieroglyphics on the walls of Egyptian crypts as interpreted by archaeologists. Some 2k years back, Asian puzzle rings were frequently utilized as marriage bands. It is claimed that sheiks and sultans required each of their better halves to wear one as a promise of fidelity while he was away.</p>
<p>If for some unknown reason, the girl removed her ring, it might fall apart and be particularly hard to put back together without knowing the answer to the puzzle.</p>
<p>My goodness but we&#8217;ve come a good distance since then! Before 1940, only about 15% of bridegrooms received rings. The practice of the double ring rite initially began to become popular during World War II where around 60% of couples exchanged rings. This % rose to seventy percent during the Korean War. Though it&#8217;s not known what the proportion of wedding ring exchange rites exist today, one can only presume that it has increased continuously over a period. What can be more romantic than two folks who guarantee to like and honour one another, using ring symbolism as an admission of that pledge? Traditional Egyptians and Romans assumed the ring finger of the left hand follows the &#8220;vena amoris” or vein of love, which is firmly connected, to the heart. many rings were worn on the left ring finger, as it was believed to link a couples&#8217; destiny.</p>
<p>Although Science discredits this concept many romantics at heart still follow this practice today. Another theory implies that in the 17th century, wedding bands were generally worn on the thumb and then moved to the fourth finger of the left hand in the marriage rite. It is assumed that in a Christian marriage, a clergyman presents the ring to the fourth finger after touching 3 fingers on the left hand and announcing, In the Name of the daddy Boy and Holy Spook. Isn&#8217;t it fantastic how a small circle of metal, an unbroken circle, designates perpetual love, continuing its unending flow through time? This universal symbol has been a very important part of the wedding rite for many generations. ld, steer clear and stick to white gold or platinum (if you can afford it).</p>
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		<title>Symbolism of Wedding Rings</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wedding bands, commonly known as wedding rings are a sign of love between two partners who wish to be unified together in holy matrimony. A lot of weddings, if not all, would need rings to be exchanged before the marrying couple are pronounced husband and wife and presented to the witnessing congregation. The ring, due [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.shareourwedding.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Symbolism-of-Wedding-Rings.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-134" title="Symbolism of Wedding Rings" src="http://www.shareourwedding.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Symbolism-of-Wedding-Rings" alt=" Symbolism of Wedding Rings"  /></a>Wedding bands, commonly known as wedding rings are a sign of love between two partners who wish to be unified together in holy matrimony. A lot of weddings, if not all, would need rings to be exchanged before the marrying couple are pronounced husband and wife and presented to the witnessing congregation. The ring, due to its circular shape, is said to be a symbol of unending love. The ring finger on the other hand is traditionally believed to be home to a vein that goes directly into the heart, which depicts the intense emotional bond that may develop between the couple.<br />
<strong><span id="more-19"></span></strong> Note however that there are many similar stories around the world surrounding wedding rings.</p>
<p>The history of wedding rings and how they came to be part of the Christian way of life trace back to the 13<sup>th</sup> century. The pope at that time requested couples who claimed to be in love to wear rings – one during engagement, the other during the main marriage ceremony. The pope also requested the couples to have a sort of window period between engagement and the final leg of marriage. These standards dictates gradually grew into a colorful and accepted way of life, as Christianity spread throughout the world after many centuries.</p>
<p>In UK, USA, France, and Sweden, wedding rings will be seen worn on the left ring fingers while in India, Spain, Chile, and Germany; they would be placed on the right ring fingers. Jews on the other hand would be seen placing the rings on their left ring fingers during the ceremony, after which they would transfer into the right ring fingers. Wedding rings are manufactured using Bismuth, Copper, Tin, sometimes Nickel, Platinum, Titanium and of course Gold. When white gold is used together with platinum, it would make very spectacular platinum <span id=":19u" dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.novori.com/">engagement rings</a> </span>, same case with Tungsten carbide and Titanium which will make durable, affordable rings of varying shades and textures.</p>
<p>Cheap metals such as copper, Brass, and silver are used scarcely because of their corrosive nature. Aluminum, as famous as it is, is never used alongside other known toxic metals. Surprisingly, the world’s known cheapest allow, stainless steel, seems to be gaining ground of late in the manufacturing of wedding rings and related ornaments because of its durability that can only be equaled to that of Titanium, Platinum, <span id=":19u" dir="ltr"><br />
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<p>Even though there are wedding rings valued at $650 and more, one can still find affordable ones from online virtual stores. Browsing through different websites of these virtual stores would shed some light on the varying price ranges available.</p>
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