Wrist Bank
It's been traditional in Turkish
villages for women to wear the
family savings on their arms.
Gold
bangles are nice to
look at, and they're also fairly
standard in terms of weight,
purity and value, so they can
easily be traded for
cash when times are
tight.
They're also pretty good status
symbols: the more
you have to wear, the richer
you obviously are.
Hence gold bangle stores, like
this one in Istanbul's Egyptian
(Spice) Market (Mısır Çarşısı) in Eminönü on
the Golden
Horn.
Diamonds may be a girl's best
friend, but Mom's gold
bangles keep the family solvent. |
