Dowries
Have you ever wondered what a dowry is? If you haven’t then here are some explanations of what they mean. A dowry is the wealth brought from the bride’s family to the groom. However, if the bride does not give her wealth to her husband, she will be harassed, abused and even burned to death. If you are shocked please continuo to read…
It was said that in the olden times if a woman past away without having sons, the husband had to give back the money and give it back to their family. However if the family was born with sons and the woman doesn’t die, they get to keep their dowry. It has been said that the dowry is a form of protection for the wife because the husband might treat the wife badly so that’s the protection. If the husband and wife had a disagreement about the wedding, the dowry could call it off. Folklorists say that “Cinderella” has a form of dowry, because when Cinderella was conceived her dad was rich, however when he died the money was given to the stepmother and her family.
There are many forms of Dowries, one form of a dowry is, land dowry. For example: when the mom dies without a son, she is forced to give her land away to her step-son, and the step-son would inherit the land. In 1961, Dowries were common in India because they were used a lot to have some sort of protection against the husband for treatment issues. If the bride does not gift the dowry to the groom, they are often harassed, abused and they even may burn the bride by poring kerosene on her which usually finishes the job. The dowries murder in India increased. In 1988, 2,209 women were killed in dowry related incidents.
In India, 90% of dowry killings were women being burned. They were recorded as accidents to ovoid the law. 5% was suicide and 5% was shown as murder. You can see how cruel these people are. According to the government, there were a total of 5,377 dowry deaths in 1993. To this day, dowry killings still happen in Hamipur, Mundi and Bali spur.
Finally, dowries were meant to show a kind perspective towards the groom because if the bride didn’t give a dowry to the groom the groom will take it the wrong way and will start to abuse and maybe even burn the bride. So ladies, if you want to be polite and don’t want to die, try and give your wealth to your newly wed.
