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Why and where does the choice of hand for the wedding ring differ?
Here in the UK we all wear our wedding rings on our left hand.
I have a German friend, however, who wears her wedding ring on her right hand. She says that is normal where she comes from in Germany. I also have a Polish friend who is married and I notice that his wedding ring is also on his right hand.
So my two questions are:
Why is there the right/left divide?
In which countries/cultures do you see the ring on the left hand and in which do you see it on the right?
A Greek Orthodox bride wears the ring on the left hand prior to the ceremony, then moves it to the right hand after the wedding.
In Norway, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Poland, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Latvia, some countries of former Yugoslavia and in Spain (except in Catalonia) the wedding ring is worn on the ring finger of the right hand.
In the Netherlands, Protestants traditionally wear their engagement ring on the ring finger of the left hand, and their wedding ring on the ring finger of the right hand (a practice which is also widespread in Germany), whereas Roman Catholics do the opposite.
In the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, the wedding ring on the ring finger of the left hand is traditional among Roman Catholics living in the provinces of West Flanders and East Flanders and in part of Limburg, but not elsewhere.
In a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony, the groom places the ring on the bride's index finger, and not the ring finger; Today the ring usually is moved to the ring finger after the ceremony and most Jewish grooms have adopted wearing a wedding ring. This tradition is because in Ancient Israel, at the time of the Talmud, the Jews believed the index finger was closest to the heart, whereas Christians thought that it was the ring finger.
In the Indian wedding tradition, the left hand is considered inauspicious. Hence the wedding ring is worn on the right hand. However, despite tradition, some wear the ring on the left hand, matching cultural practice in some western countries.
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