Bangles & Bracelets
Bangles are rigid bracelets, usually from metal, wood, glass
or plastic. They are traditional ornaments worn mostly by South Asian women in
India, Nepal
A bracelet is an article of jewellery that is worn around
the wrist. It may have a supportive function, such as holding a wristwatch or
other items of jewellery such as religious symbols or charms. Medical and
identity information is marked on some bracelets, such as allergy bracelets,
hospital patient-identification tags, and bracelet tags for newborn babies. If
a bracelet is a single, inflexible loop, it is often called a bangle
Bracelets can be manufactured from metal, leather, cloth,
plastic or other materials and sometimes contain jewels, rocks, wood, shells,
crystals, metal, or plastic hoops, pearls and many more materials.