Dowry is one of the most wicked, revolting, and condemnable practices that have been distressing the Indian society. This immorality is well acquainted to people in forms of cash and valuables goods given by the bride’s family to the groom’s family along with the bride. The never-ending insatiability of human being has arrived at an edge whereby it is no longer allowable. An immense numbers of women have been exterminated for not presenting sufficient amount of dowry to the groom’s family, luckily enough, if they are not killed then the bride’s family and relatives have live a life in which they have to face shame, humiliation and embarrassment from the ridiculed of the groom’s family. Therefore, either way it is like a commit suicide.
The ills of dowry in the past have been introduced. The cause of this theory, which leads to inferiority and inequality, are firstly because of moral and social duties of parents. It is an important duty for parents to get their daughter married when they have grown to become a woman, in the scripture it is also believed that after a certain age the daughter must leave the house to be wed. Therefore, the parents then have to seek for a groom for their daughter. This allows the male’s side to take advantage of the situation and extract and sucks the dowry from the bride side. If the offer does not meet, their satisfaction then there is no marriage. This is like a business transaction. In addition, we must into consideration that many of these ...
Wealth and family status was a determining factor upon marriage. Women were expected to have a dowry from their family that would allow them to be auctioned off to suitors. The marriage market was much like the stock exchange in that it allowed
The wife 's desires for a girl also can be unselfish in their eyes by saying they are protecting them from a life of poverty since they had not yet had a son who could provide their prosperity. “Dowry deaths” are also an age old tradition that is a custom for the religion. But with the heavy problem of gendercide, the government outlawed the use of a dowry. But since tradition is so heavy and rich it still happens. The families want to live up to expectations and even if it is not “required” it still looks good for a family to compensate the other in a social standing. The problem with this is that they still see females as burdens even though there is no requirement to provide a dowry. It is the age-old tradition to give a dowry that is hurting the females. The old ways need to be adapted, and the culture itself needs to understand that it is okay not to provide a dowry. This is the only way change for females can come and ensure them a success and longevity in their
This trend was heartbreaking but it is also a reality. Marrying Darya was not new to her father but a secure way to pay off a debt. “I’m not going! I’m not going” (119). Forcing a child to marry is a human waste and cheap sorrow. Marrying girls at a young age is the way to settle debts and improve family’s finical situations. This business deal is unprecedented and unjust. Selling a daughter to pay off a debt is not acceptable or normal. Despite the terrifying story of the opium brides, the bigger issue is the reason behind the debt.
In the past we’ve seen how the ancestors of today’s Lord Dynevor were once major military and political players in Tudor Wales. When Henry VII awarded Llandeilo landowner Rhys ap Thomas a knighthood for his support during the battle of Bosworth in 1485 he didn’t, however, award him a title. To the English Rhys ap Thomas was only a minor landowner in obscure west Wales and the lack of any aristocratic connections in his family tree just wasn’t sufficient to impress the status-conscious English aristocracy.
“Arranging a Marriage in India” by Serena Nanda is a well written, informative article aimed at sharing the view of the Indian culture on arranged marriages and also showing how much effort is put into the process of arranging a marriage. Our own culture has evolved into accepting the fact that we are all independent individuals who could not imagine having someone else make such a significant decision for us. Serena Nanda does an excellent job of using her sources within the society as evidence of the acceptance of the arranged marriage aspect of their culture.
The first difference between American culture and Indian culture is marriage. A wedding is a great social event in our society, which establish a new bond between two individuals and families. Marriage is a joyful occasion with plenty of music, dance, partying and merrymaking. It also brings together a long-lost friends, relatives and acquaintances. In India, the parents choose the mate for their child, which is called an arranged marriage. In most cases, the bri...
Women did not control her own wealth, so therefore, a woman’s family wealth, was controlled by her father or her husband. Law 128 in the Code of Hammurabi states, “If a man take a wife and do not arrange with her the (proper) contracts, that woman is not a (legal) wife.”1 (Hammurabi 45). A woman would receive a dowry once she was married and left her family. A dowry is a financial gift such as money, property, or goods, which was a gift to her husband once they got married. Once a man married a woman, he then had access to the family’s dowry and the property, money, or goods were then, controlled by him. If the man were no longer married to the woman and if the woman died childless, then the dowry returned back to the father of her family. If the father has already passed away, then the dowry was returned to the woman’s brothers. If the woman had any children that were boys, then the boy, or brothers, would share equally2 (“WOMEN…”). If women wanted out of the marriage, then she would take the dowry with her and go back to her father’s house. The father would then receive the dowry back. Law 138 in the Code of Hammurabi says, “If a man would put away his wife who has not borne him children, he shall give her money to the amount of her marriage settlement and he shall make good to her the dowry which she brought from her father’s house and then he may put her away.”3 (Hammurabi 49). In reality
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The Hindu wedding is a complex ceremony whose various components has all a specific meaning and has all a relation to
In the practice of marriage amongst the Nuer payment of a bridewealth and certain ceremonial rites are performed to initiate the marriage. The ceremonial rites will not take place until payment for the bride is made, exchange of cattle cannot by themselves bring about the marriage (Evans-Prichard, 1951). These two processes are important and close the establishment of the full union of marriage. In Nuer culture a marriage has many steps which are betrothal, wedding and the consummation. In Nuer culture no marriage is complete without with birth of a child. Although divorce is rare in Nuer society after the birth of the first child, divorce does occur. According to E E Evans-Prichard if divorce does occur and no children have been bore the cattle of the bride must be returned (Evans-Prichard, 1951).
A Hindu Wedding In Hinduism marriage is not just the joining of two people, whose souls are brought together mentally and physically, but of two families. There are sixteen sacraments that must be performed whilst a Hindu is alive to make the life of the individual prosperous and noble, one of these is marriage. Many Hindu wedding ceremonies follow the same sequence of events, whether it is an arranged marriage or not. I went to the wedding ceremony of Anika Shah and Arun Patel. Many events happen before the main wedding ceremony.
For the duration of time, society perceives men as superior, which infused to their cultural aspect in life. Society instilled male dominance to the minds of young children, imposing a role each sex must play. Girls are slaves of society, submitting to men as their master. And child brides are a perfect way to exhibit patriarchy society (Ludden). The young girl would be married off to take care of her own family, crippling them in attaining an education and getting a job. Girls were not meant to work (Radu). It is also said that the purpose of marrying off girls young was to keep their attractiveness. Roberta Radu says, “'Virginity is an "asset" that families customarily trade for substantial sums of money, so marriage is arranged as early as possible in order to preserve the girl's "desirability". Out of all of these inducements money was the biggest factor. Parents would arrange their daughter marriage due to poverty. The bride’s family would receive a dowry, basically trading girls for money. Again, girls were burdens and the parents used child marriage as a relief...
Nanda, S. (1998). Arranging a Marriage in India. In P. DeVita (Ed.), Stumbling toward truth: Anthropologists at work (pp. 196-204). Illinois, U.S: Waveland Press.
Amanda Hitchcock. 2001. “Rising Number of Dowry Deaths in India.” Annual Editions: Anthropology 11/12, 34th Edition. Elvio Angeloni. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
Almost every culture around the world have the idea of bringing together households in marriage. In the United States, this a coupling of two people who will start a life on their own. In India, a marriage is more than two people falling and love and getting married. Family, religion and casts play a role for the future bride and groom. The Indian culture’s weddings have different traditions when it comes to proposals, ring traditions and ceremonies not only for the couple but for the families as well.