Jhumkas as they are known in North India and Jimikki as they are known in South India are an ethnic traditional Indian style of earrings. I always liked jimikkis. They are worn by celebrities such as bollywood actresses or actresses in the south indian film industry or models and they are worn by ordinary women of India. They are available in jewelry stores in gold or silver, encrusted with diamonds, gemstones, pearls or gold beads. Very small jimikkis can be worn every day but the larger ones can be worn only on special occassions. Jhumka or jimikki is so popular that it forms the subject matter of songs from hindi and malayalam movies. Most recently two songs featuring the notion of jhumka or jimikki became viral. Earlier, while growing up in India because these kind of earrings were very common I did not think much about what they symbolise. I thought these were traditional old-fashioned earrings. But from the songs I felt as though these earrings are symbolic of tradition, and elegance.
Here are a few images of jimikkis I gathered from the internet. At the time of my wedding my mother gave me her jimikki which was made of gold. I like them very much.
