Women Paying Dowry For their Husbands?

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banni
Re: Women Paying Dowry For their Husbands?
« #32 on: May 22, 2008, 09:00 AM »

It not at all common in Nigeria.
However,the payment of dowry is nothing more then symbolic.Apart from a few cultures in Nigeria and the rest of the world ,payment of dowry is at best a few items and some loose change.
There are quite a few countries in the world which charge the women.I think from the top of my head -India and lots of eastern european countries do this.
A few of them charge a hefty fee like some Nigerian tribes charge the men likewise.
However for most its symbolic.They say its their parents way of been happy that the woman lives the house and stop been a money burden on the family.
But truth be told this is all symbolic and just a way of respecting the culture and should not be seen at all in modern time as a way of buying the other person.
Funny to see some girls posting have a problem  with this.
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