Indian special jewellery culture: wear jewelry again

India is the world's largest exporter of jewellery. The local jewellery is mainly made up of 24K gold. The shape is rich in national characteristics and exquisite workmanship. It is famous for its classical, gorgeous, complicated and exaggerated. Visitors like Indian jewellery. For Indians, jewellery is an indispensable accessory in everyday life, and jewelry is especially important for women.

Symbol of female identity

There are a wide variety of women's jewelry in India, including earrings, necklaces, rings, bracelets, bracelets, hair accessories, foreheads, chests, and anklets. Indians believe that "jewelry is half of women's life" and women should make full use of jewelry to dress themselves up. Even women who are poor in their families should be punished and wear some cheap metal or plastic jewelry.

Jewelry is a symbol of female identity. Bindi is similar to silver footbells and is a must-have for most Indian brides. According to local friends, the jingle sound from the bell can prevent the bride from making a deviant thing. In Maharashtra, the auspicious gold chain with black beads is a symbol of married women; in West Bengal, the star ring worn in the middle of the hair is a sign of women's marriage.

In addition to weddings, in all kinds of large-scale social occasions such as having children, birthdays, and gatherings of friends, women try to dress themselves up as jewels.

The elders’ meeting for the younger generation is also jewelry. In India, adult males have at least one ring per person, and some wear bracelets or red lines on their wrists to protect their peace.

The dowry has a high status

Wedding celebrations are the best time for women to showcase jewelry. How many jewellery to wear is an important criterion for measuring whether a bride's dowry is rich or not.

Indian bride's jewelry varies from region to region. The brides in the southern region wear holes in the sides of the nostrils, wear diamond nose nails, or wear a pearl-shaped nose ring under the left nostrils, and wear a ring on the toes. The bride in the northern region wears a gold nose ring and is connected by a delicate gold chain, the other end of which is hung on the ear.

Indian popular dowry system, the girl must accompany the rich dowry to marry. The dowry dispute often caused serious social problems, so the Indian government enacted the Anti-Dowmaking Act in 1961. According to the Anti-Dowmaking Act, it is illegal to give and receive dowry, and the party is sentenced to imprisonment for 6 months to 2 years; women are harassed or abused by the husband or her relatives for illegally obtaining money and valuables, and the husband or relatives will be He was sentenced to three years in prison and fined; the woman was harassed or even ill-treated by her husband or her relatives for 7 years after marriage, and her husband or her relatives will face seven years or even life imprisonment.

However, the Indian dowry system has not really been abolished, and as the standard of living has increased, the asking price has become higher and higher. In Patna, the capital of Bihar, popular dowries for middle- and upper-class families include computers, mobile phones, home theaters, digital cameras, digital televisions, microwave ovens, jewellery, mid-size luxury cars, city apartment suites, and European honeymoon tours.

In May of this year, the 21-year-old girl, Nissa Kulma, who lives in the suburbs of New Delhi, is preparing to marry a local middle school computer teacher, Dalal. Nissa’s father, who runs a business, has already prepared for her daughter’s marriage. When discussing the dowry with the man, he basically pleaded. Even when the man proposed to buy a set of household appliances for the married brother, he was full of promises. He also added a new "Marudy" midsize sedan popular in India to his daughter's dowry. In order to prepare a dowry for her daughter, the woman’s family spent 1.8 million rupees (about US$45). However, on the eve of the wedding, the man and Nissa's father had a fierce argument for the dowry. The greedy man asked the woman to add another 1.2 million rupees in cash. Nissa's father disagreed, and Dalal's mother was so angry that she gave Sita's father a big slap in the face. After being informed, Nissa was very angry. She immediately dismissed the marriage contract and called the police to bring the man to court.

A local friend I know starts working erratically every day. He said: "The work is not for anything else. It is only for the two daughters to marry better in the future."

According to official statistics released by India, the number of women who have been ill-treated due to dowry problems in the past 10 years has risen from 2,000 to 7,000 a year, including women with higher education.

Preference for gold jewelry

In the minds of Indians, gold is the most brilliant and brilliant color, and it is also the noblest color with the most energy and texture. India's gold demand for the whole year of 2001 was 855.2 tons, ranking first in the world. At present, India has a per capita gold holding of 7 grams, which is 35 times that of China.

In addition to pure gold jewelry, India's current popular jewelry varieties include gold inlaid diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, topaz, amethyst, garnet, cat eyes and so on. In order to make these gems and gold blend seamlessly, Indian jewelers generally use 18K gold with a hard texture. Although Indian gold jewelry has been hit by platinum jewelry and sterling silver jewelry in recent years, gold jewelry is still the seat of the “big boss” in the Indian jewelry market.