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noonwitch

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Fri Dec-15-06 10:39 AM
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12. Dads have to cough up dowries for their daughters.

My dad took a trip through Rotary Club to India in the 70s. He stayed with wealthy families and observed how some were different from others. One family he stayed with was pretty westernized-they emulated the british ways, and educated their daughters, the women and men ate meals together, etc. They still would need dowries for their daughters, because that is the tradition there.

My dad also said that grooms' families sometimes kill the wife after they received the dowry, if there wasn't any love involved in the relationship.

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