| A bracelet is a piece of jewellery that can be as | | | | beaded bracelets or even link bracelets. Another |
| simple as a string of leather or as complex as an | | | | common form of bracelet is the friendship |
| incrusted metal and gem jewellery. It appears | | | | bracelet. It usually is a simple handmade bracelet |
| that the origin of the word "bracelet" comes from | | | | with various styles that are given to a friend as a |
| a Latin word and an old French word that would | | | | symbol. Those kind of bracelets first appeared in |
| simply mean "of the arm". | | | | Central America. |
| Like any other type of jewellery, the history of | | | | In present days, bracelets can still hold a particular |
| bracelets is very old. The first bracelets are | | | | meaning and significance and can be used for |
| thought to actually have a religious and spiritual | | | | various different purposes such as medical to |
| purpose, and people in Latin America used to | | | | describe the medical condition of a person or |
| wear them to protect them against the evil eye. | | | | simply decorative. |
| They could actually be attached to the arm as | | | | It seems that one very popular type of bracelet |
| well as the ankle. Bracelets were also used for | | | | is called the Cubetto bracelet. They usually are a |
| decorative purpose and were certainly the most | | | | fine type of jewellery that will be recognised for |
| popular form of decoration in the ancient world. | | | | the way it is crafted. They can be made of gold, |
| They would have been very big or thinner and | | | | silver or even both metals. |
| more delicate with sometimes a zoomorphic end. | | | | But among handmade bracelets, the most |
| Bracelets can be in a smooth and flexible form or | | | | common style of bracelet would be the link |
| a more solid form like bangles. | | | | bracelet. Those types of bracelets include charm |
| Glass bangles are actually very popular in India | | | | bracelets, military or simply identification bracelets. |
| where they are made from ordinary coloured | | | | Like in the ancient times, bracelets are still a very |
| glass. They would be worn stacked so the | | | | important piece of jewellery, and bracelets of any |
| movement of the arm would cause them to | | | | kind would obviously make a good gift, whether it |
| make a nice sound. | | | | is for a friend or for a person you love. |
| On top of bangles, you could find other types of | | | | They obviously have to be chosen with a lot of |
| bracelets like charm bracelets, slap bracelets, | | | | care. |