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Bangles are rigid bracelets, usually from metal, wood, or plastic. They are traditional ornaments worn mostly by South Asian women in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is a common tradition to see a new bride wearing glass bangles at her wedding and the honeymoon will end when the last bangle breaks. Bangles also have a very traditional value in Hinduism and it is considered inauspicious to be bare armed for a married woman. Toddler to older woman could wear bangles based on the type of bangles. Bangles made of gold or silver are preferred for toddlers. Bangles are also known as (ネパール語:चुरा ''Chura''), (ベンガル語:চুড়ি ''churi''), (タミル語:வளையல்), (ヒンディー語:चूड़ी ''Choodi''), (マラーティー語:बांगडी Bangadi''), (テルグ語:గాజు), and (ウルドゥー語:چوڑیاں). Some men wear a single bangle on the arm or wrist called ''kada'' or ''kara''. In Sikhism, the father of a Sikh bride will give the groom a gold ring, a kara (steel or iron bangle), and a mohra. Chooda is a kind of bangle that is worn by Punjabi women on her wedding day. It is a set of white and red bangles with stone work. According to tradition, a woman is not supposed to buy the bangles she will wear. Moradabad is India's largest producer of bangles. ==History== Bangles—made from sea shell, copper, bronze, gold, agate, chalcedony etc.—have been excavated from multiple archaeological sites throughout India.〔Ghosh, page 224〕 A figurine of a dancing girl—wearing bangles on her left arm— has been excavated from Mohenjo-daro (2600 BC).〔Ghosh, page 83〕 Other early examples of bangles in India include copper samples from the excavations at Mahurjhari—soon followed by the decorated bangles belonging to the Mauryan empire (322–185 BCE), and the gold bangle samples from the historic site of Taxila (6th century BCE).〔 Decorated shell bangles have also been excavated from multiple Mauryan sites.〔 Other features included copper rivets and gold-leaf inlay in some cases.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bangle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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