Bracelets were also endowed with magical properties. In Turkic culture, their symbolism is complex. For example, Khakas people considered it a symbol of a future marriage. The Kazakhs wore a bracelet with three rings connected to it «bes blezik» on the day of the bride’s wedding. Among the Khakass it is an attribute that belongs only to a married woman. Symbolically, the bracelet connected three relatives: Öz zhūrty (kin – relatives on the paternal side), nağashi zhūrty (relatives on the maternal side) and kaiyn zhūrty (relatives on the maternal side). Some bracelets made by twisting technique are associated by experts with the ancient Turkic cult of the snake, which was connected with the cult of the mother goddess and associated with fertility.
Most bracelets were paired, one for each hand. When a girl was presented with bracelets or rings, it was said, «Qolyn önerli bolsyn! («May your hands be skillful!»)
