<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Jun 24 2008, 06:28 PM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Jun 24 2008, 06:28 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->2. On the matter of dowry again - the following's from http://satyameva-jayate.org:
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/precolonial.html
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Many Filipino customs are of Indian origin. Among them are the following: (1) placing a sampaguita flower garland around the neck of a visitor upon his arrival and departure as a symbol of hospitality and friendship; (2) before marriage, a groom gives a dowry to the brideâs parents and renders domestic services to his future in-laws; (3) when the guests throw rice on the bride and groom after the wedding; and (4) when a childless couple goes on a pilgrimage to a holy shrine, believing that the god of shrine will grant their prayer for fertility.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If one sees it, the dowry practice spread and got its influence to the SEA region from India in pre-Islamic and pre-colonial times. The form of dowry practice is entirely different from what we see today in India. The original dowry practice was âthe groom had to pay a dowry to the brideâ and not the other way round as we see today in India.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
[right][snapback]83276[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Bodhi, with reference to your post 97, the above quoteblock is taken from a <i>comment</i> on the satyameva jayate site. Don't recall that it was Shantanu who wrote that comment, but I could be wrong. (I know you said your #97 had no bearing on my #96; I'm just clarifying.)
An article on Hindu women by Koenraad Elst mentioned dowry. He wrote how traditionally the practise was centred around the bride getting her inheritance/her security upfront, like Bharatvarsh also highlighted above. I searched VOI for the topic but I'm getting no results, which is surprising. If any one remembers which one I am talking about, I will be grateful for them to tell me.
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Pool/1644/precolonial.html
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Many Filipino customs are of Indian origin. Among them are the following: (1) placing a sampaguita flower garland around the neck of a visitor upon his arrival and departure as a symbol of hospitality and friendship; (2) before marriage, a groom gives a dowry to the brideâs parents and renders domestic services to his future in-laws; (3) when the guests throw rice on the bride and groom after the wedding; and (4) when a childless couple goes on a pilgrimage to a holy shrine, believing that the god of shrine will grant their prayer for fertility.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
If one sees it, the dowry practice spread and got its influence to the SEA region from India in pre-Islamic and pre-colonial times. The form of dowry practice is entirely different from what we see today in India. The original dowry practice was âthe groom had to pay a dowry to the brideâ and not the other way round as we see today in India.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
[right][snapback]83276[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Bodhi, with reference to your post 97, the above quoteblock is taken from a <i>comment</i> on the satyameva jayate site. Don't recall that it was Shantanu who wrote that comment, but I could be wrong. (I know you said your #97 had no bearing on my #96; I'm just clarifying.)
An article on Hindu women by Koenraad Elst mentioned dowry. He wrote how traditionally the practise was centred around the bride getting her inheritance/her security upfront, like Bharatvarsh also highlighted above. I searched VOI for the topic but I'm getting no results, which is surprising. If any one remembers which one I am talking about, I will be grateful for them to tell me.
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