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For many people jewellery is nothing more than mere decoration, an accessory to enliven an outfit or something that we only use on special occasions. We might see a ring or pendant in a jewellery store that we like it we and buy it because it combines well with dress that we have, but did you ever think the meaning of jewellery in our culture or as part of our identity?
In ancient cultures, especially in ancient Egypt, jewellery symbolized the status of the person, and had different meanings according to religion and its uses. The jewels were used in some rituals and were understood to give power as amulets or served on the other hand as links to different gods. Their power was believed in part to derive from the materials they were made of. Some jewellery also indicated official or military status, besides being a fundamental part of personal image and beauty. In almost all ancient cultures the use of jewellery symbolized the social status of the person, in addition to its religious and magical meanings, but it is only today that the use of jewellery, at least in Western societies, it shows our individual tastes and is part of our personal identity.
Today there are many different types of jewellery and these are more often than not used as markers of social affiliation or as status symbols, especially in the case of the most exclusive jewellery and precious stones. Our jewellery speaks for us, and clearly defines our tastes and our lifestyles. Thus we find practices like piercing and body-modification used by urban subcultures such as Gothic or metal and modern jewellery which is made of recycled materials such as used computers parts of. The list of uses and types of jewellery is as varied as our taste and imagination…
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