Engagement Rings Once the finger ring was only an engagement ring and used by the betrothed person during the period from betrothal to marriage.
At present about all over the world the ring made of different metals is used by some persons regularly. The purposes of this usage are different. Some people consider a particular metal suitable for them if it is used by any way and common using way is as finger ring. Some people use the ring for adornment. Out of rings used by the people an engagement ring is a very special.
It has been noticed by the history that in 1215 the Pope Innocent III announced that between the betrothal and marriage a gap must be there. As per this announcement the duration was not limited to any particular time. The number of the days could be varied. The people regarded the advice of the Pope and, practice started and up till now prevailed very much. This practice has become so popular with the passage of time. Some marriages also take place immediately after the betrothal but due to the popularity and commonness of the interval between both the occasions, such marriage is not liked by the people. Such marriage is known as an emergent marriage due to some unavoidable circumstances.
It was also thought that during this period a betrothed person should have a symbol for that and it was the reason that the usage of a ring was suggested and adopted by the people. Initially the engagement ring was given from a man to woman and a woman wearing this ring was considered willing for marry to that particular person and passing he betrothal period. Later on the give and take of the ring from both the parties came into practice and became so popular that now all over the world this practice is prevailing. In the start of usage of engagement ring, after marriage it was necessarily removed by the person but later on its usage even after marriage was not considered a strange.
Like other things of the world the changes about the engagement ring were also there. Initially gold was not considered essential for the engagement ring. Some other metals like silver and bronze were also used for this purpose but now the gold is regarded essential. Some engagement rings are completely golden and some are designed and decorated with different beautiful and shining stones. The rings made of gold and highest priced diamonds are also used as engagement rings.
At the time when the engagement ring came into use, no hand (left or right) and no finger was specified for its usage. In different areas of the world it was used in different fingers. But slow and steady all over the world the finger between the little and middle finger was specified for wearing an engagement and other rings. This practice became so popular that this finger was named as ring finger. As per the structure of human body as compared to other fingers the ring finger is closest to the artery going to the heart, therefore, the engagement ring is supposed to wear on this finger necessarily. A Celina
