... Etc... A good Family means the Children are Def. to have been raised with Good Morals. - Its accepted that at time of Marriage the Daughters family has to pay for the wedding, wedding preparations, Precession, they also have to give Dowery ($$) in which every amount they son's family asks as a acceptance agreement for the daughter, they also get to choose the place and ... town of the wedding since they pay for everything. That is the main reason why indian families believe Having a Daughter is a BURDEN UPRISING - The religion a family belives in will most likely influence the childs .....

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... seem the most natural place where continuity of their task can be ensured; the basic idea being, as one person falls at his/her wedding, preliminary arrangements for the next one can be laid at the same wedding. In the Indian society love marriages are frowned upon. Arranging a marriage for children has become part of the Indian traditions over a long period of ... ...

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... is what is an arranged marriage? Arranged marriages for the previous generations were arranged solely by the parents. The boy or girl probably wouldn't even see each other before the wedding, depending on the parents. The parents by word of mouth from a friend or relative would hear of someone's son or daughter. Than they would go and approach the family if ... some may do what was done in the past. Today the parents give a choice. The boy or girl is allowed to see and talk to the possible spouse before the wedding to see if they are compatible. Western countries, such as Canada and the...

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... arranged marriage, in my opinion would mean weaker love from the engaged pair. First of all, it is because two of them are originally forced by their parents to have a wedding with each other, whom they might not have even met each other before; therefore it would be difficult for the arranged pair to fall in love with each other. Because ... ...

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... , One Stick Song, 59) After the Indian money was gone And we had eaten the last of the food Our mother and father drove into the city And pawned their wedding rings. Praise, praise, praise the left hand. ~ In Reservation Blues, hunger is illustrated many times in the lives of the main characters: Thomas, Junior, Victor, Chess and Checkers. " those who ... ...

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... as god. Some symbols that exist in today's culture that comparable to those of the pre-Christian age is the throwing of rice and weddings. The throwing of rice at wedding's is done to wish the newly wed couple good luck, fortune, and fertility. The throwing of rice is looked upon more as a tradition than a representation of fertility. Couple's do not ... ...

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... now, save 500,000 rupees later". This of course, is in reference to the "dowry" system, an old tradition which, when a bride marries, her parents are expected to pay all wedding expenses. Parents are willing to abort a fetus if the ultrasound detects it is a female, to save marriage by not having a daughter. Cultural reasons for son preference are deeply rooted in ... ...

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... , (www.gendercide ). Girls are expensive to raise. Families have to pay high sums of money to the family the daughter is promised to marry into. The combination of dowry and wedding expenses usually add up to more than a million rupees ([US] $35,000). In India the average civil servant earns about 100,000 rupees ($3,500) a year. Given these figures combined with ... ...

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... was considered a very important duty. Arranged marriages in Hindu family's will often cause debt in order to marry off the daughter. The bride's entire family pays for nearly the entire wedding. Indian girls are married generally at an early age, whereas the boys to marry early is not necessary or are usually a few years older than their bride's. It was not ... ...

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