-
bride dowry in
parts of
Papua New
Guinea where bride dowry is customary.
Bridewealth is
commonly paid in a
currency that is not
generally used for
other types...
-
example of this is the
common practice of
bridewealth in Africa,
particularly among the Zulu people.
Bridewealth is when a groom's
family pays the bride's...
- installments.
Failure to pay the mahr
might even lead to imprisonment.
Bridewealth is a
common practice in
parts of
Southeast Asia (Thailand, Cambodia)...
- ****ociates
shifting horticulture with the
practice of polygamy, and
hence bridewealth is paid as a
compensation to her
family for the loss of her labour. In...
- Rajputs, it was
observed that Jats and
Ahirs also
practised infanticide. "
Bridewealth" is
discussed in
north Indian Rajputs of 19th
century India by the historian...
- that the bride, groom, best man and maid of
honour are all
young girls.
Bridewealth is
commonly practised, even
among those who
reside in the
Western world...
- the
death of the husband. Mahr also can be
classified as a form of "
bridewealth",
described by
anthropologists as
payments made from the kin of the groom...
- that the p****erby is the
chosen bride or groom.: 140 The
exchange of
bridewealth and
dowries between the
families involved in a
ghost marriage varies...
-
involves transactions of cattle,
which are the
source of
their economy.
Bridewealth is
involved in
these transactions; this can be
negotiable between the...
- Posel,
Dorrit (2
January 2014). "Contemporary
functions of
ilobolo (
bridewealth) in
urban South African Zulu society".
Journal of
Contemporary African...
