Dowry Versus Bride Price
"Dowry" refers to money, goods or property that a woman brings into the marriage - it is paid by the woman's family to the man's family. Dowry is practiced mainly in South Asian countries, such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka.
"Bride price" refers to money, goods or propriety paid by the groom or his family to the parents of the bride. It is paid by the groom's family to the bride herself. Bride price is practiced specially in Arab countries, some parts of South-East Asia like Thailand and Cambodia, parts of Central Asia, and in much of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Famous quotes containing the words dowry, bride and/or price:
“If a marriage is going to work well, it must be on a solid footing, namely money, and of that commodity it is the girl with the smallest dowry who, to my knowledge, consumes the most, to infuriate her husband. All the same, it is only fair that the marriage should pay for past pleasures, since it will scarcely procure any in the future.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.”
—Helen Rowland (1875–1950)
“The price of justice is eternal publicity.”
—Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)