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A shot from Vedagard in MP, India.
Bangles are traditional ornaments worn mostly by South Asian women in India, 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.
Some men wear a single bangle on the arm or wrist called kada or kara.
Hyderabad, Pakistan, is the world's largest producer of Bangles. While Moradabad is India's largest producer of bangles.
Link - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangle
Nijum dwip is an island located on the south of Noakhali, Bangladesh. It’s a small island with a population size of 10,670 (2001). Island has strict rules for women. They have to live in shadow. Girls from very early age are thought to be invincible. They will hide them self at any cost and will not come in front of any male person. This little girl was different. She decided to come out when I approached to take a photograph of her. She rebel out against the odd and curious to know the unknown.
Pushkar is inundated with tourists and Pilrims in the the month of Kartika for the full moon. Hindus believe that bathing in the lake this aprticular day will absolve them of all of their sins. Simultaneously a huge week long Camel fair (Pushkar Mela) is held attracting nomads and herders from across rajasthan, after the serious business of negotiating over and selling live stock is over usually by the middle of the week most people have a few extra rupees to spare this is when the fun happens camel racing dance performances fairground rides and shopping all of which adds up to a somewhat carnivalesque type of situation which is a joy to be part of.
I forgot to add a caption to this :-)
These are my Dorothy Perkins bangles. I bought them last September, on the day I first fully-dressed at home, and wore them that evening. Since then I have worn them pretty much every time I have dressed since; they seem to go with pretty much anything, and I love the feel and sound of them.
Go back through my pictures; you'll see them if you look.
The only time I can remember not wearing them is for Magic Theatre in March; I wore different bangles then, and a lot more of them :-)
Not only a gorgeous decoupage wood bangle but a tiny work of art.
The bangle has altered images of Audrey Hepburn covered with 14k gold leaf. Vernish coated for sheen and protection.
The six wooden cards are connected by Swarovski crystals in jet black.
Lightweight and eco friendly. My decoupage jewelry are water resistant but not waterproof.
This is an handcrafted unique piece of design.
Bangles made with recycled copper wire (left over from a construction project). After soldering and shaping, the bangles were textured with steel stamps and then treated with liver of sulfur. A light sanding with a fine grit sanding block highlights the textures. Various wire wrapped beads dangle.
This is actually a scientific (sort of) comparison; Same cane on different backgrounds; left, on a dark red background, right on white; right is also 'deeply cured'; deliberately burnt.
Doesn't affect the strength, apparently
A combination of the Snowflake Jade tutorial and the Mosaic Cane Bangle Bracelet tutorial--see my profile for details
I wanted to make a bangle with neon-yellow....but that is not really my tint of yellow.....so combination with grey-like-brown and a great shade of olive-gold :)
(my inspiration-photo was this: www.flickr.com/photos/rawfishdesigns/5860354592/in/faves-...
Now I can wear the neon-yellow it as an eye-catcher :) with my own colors
For the photo I waited until the sun came out.....but I forgot that februari only has 28 days......sooooooo that is why I made the photo with a flash :)
Ps: I meant the bracelet to be asymmetric, so the inner circle is just out of the middlepoint.
Even this shape wears surprisingly good :)
I loved the bangle selection in india. I didn't have any idea of what the best spots were but I still got some cute stuff. This tiny shop had glass bangles, earrings, bindis, etc... I bought as much as I thought I needed and the grand total was only about $50. Now that I look back, I wish I had bought more colors of bangles. *sniff*
This is the first of two bracelets that I have created for the Habitude show. It is a simple, one-layer bangle with 20 silicone spines.
This piece was named for the Roman goddess of freedom which was the inspiration for the Statue of Liberty. This piece reminds me of her crown.
It is sterling silver and silicone and measures approximately 6 inches across from spine-tip to spine-tip with an inner diameter of 2.75".
.. woman worker hiding her face to avoid being seen by public, wearing series of plastic bangles from elbow to her shoulder, as per custom of certain rajasthani tribes.
see more PORTRAITs here.
A representation of a tradition, a culture and a civilization which is as ancient as the urban mankind…
Henna… the color of it is Joy… it is beauty of a woman… it is festivity… it is happiness of being together… has special significance for married women in India… the smell of it is as soothing as a rose…
The bangles are symbol of beauty… wealth… and being married… which in India is amongst utmost joys of life…
The fingers inter-twinned with each other symbolizes the strong values of the culture of living together… closely bonded family… the color of the cloth and the fabric of the cloth are signs of prosperity… the silk and the sky blue color… they not only symbolize the life-style but the life-state as well… it is all festive and joyous out there…