Djibouti Diamond Bangle Wedding Bracelets 112

Djibouti Diamond Bangle Wedding Bracelets. 

 By Samina Aamir

During one of my lectures on Sociology of India in my first year in college, our teacher explained the actual symbolic meaning of bangles. They actually symbolised shackles or handcuffs. In ancient societies, many tribes or clans had antagonistic relations with each other. Hence, wars were waged and territories taken over etc. Women were also captured and taken to the men’s land to serve as concubines or in some cases, wives. This was done because:-