Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

In Greece a similar tradition, weaving a bracelet from red and white string on the first day of March and wearing it till the end of summer, is called "Martis" and is considered to help protect the wearer's skin from the strong Greek sun.

In some parts of India, the number and type of bangles worn by a woman denotes her marital status. In Latin America, Azabache Bracelets are worn to protect against the Mal de ojo, or evil eye. The evil eye is believed to result of excessive admiration or envious looks by others. Having newborn babies wear an azabache (a gold bracelet or necklace with a black or red coral charm in the form of a fist), is believed to protect them from the evil eye.

Bracelet made of yelow gold with diamonds Brazil

Taken in the plural, bracelets is often used as slang for handcuffs.

The history of Egyptian bracelets is as old as 5000 BCE. Starting with materials like bones, stones and woods to serve religious and spiritual interests. From the National Geographic Society, the Scarab Bracelet is one of the most recognized symbols of ancient Egypt. The scarab represented rebirth and regeneration. Carved scarabs were worn as jewelry and wrapped into the linen bandages of mummies. Myth told of the scarab god, Khepri, pushing the sun across the sky.

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets

Wooden Saint Bracelets