In most countries, it is believed that wearing rings on your left hands does make sense. However, if you are careful enough, you’ll find in some countries or areas people also wear rings on their right hands. Hence, what‘s the difference between wearing rings on the right hands and on the left hands? In which countries do people wear rings on their left hands?
In some countries, the wedding ring is worn on the left hand. Because people in these countries believe that the fourth finger on the left hand contains the vena amoris or vein of love. Therefore, it has become the norm to wear the wedding ring on this finger.
However, it just a classical legend, the most widely accepted explanation for people wearing ring on their left hand is that because the majority of people are right-handed, wearing the ring on the left hand makes it less likely to be damaged or lost during everyday activities.
On the contrary, people in those countries such as Colombia, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Poland, Russia, Spain (except in Catalonia), Macedonia, Ukraine, Venezuela and Serbia wear rings on their right hands. Orthodox Christians and Eastern Europeans (except for the Romanians) also traditionally wear the wedding band on the right hand and in Austria; Catholics wear it on the right.
Greek people, many being Orthodox Christians, wear the wedding rings on the right hand in keeping with Greek tradition. It is believed that the tradition of people wear the wedding ring on the right hand stems from Roman custom and biblical references. Because Latin word for left is “sinister”, meaning unlucky while the word for right is "dexterity” meaning lucky.
In the United States nowadays, people sometimes remove their wedding rings for comfort or safety, just as they declared “we wear rings around our hearts not around our fingers. Well, I just wonder if they put away their tiffany aside. Have a look at your rings; see if they are worn on the right hand.
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