Bride wealth in marriage: the case of Uang Panai in South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Bride wealth is the amount of substantial resources such as money, property and other forms of wealth that is given to the bride’s family by the groom. Recently, bride wealth has become a significant issue particularly for the marriage age in many rural countries. In this paper, the researchers an...

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Main Authors:	., Nurmiati, Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) 2017
Subjects:	HM621 Culture HM701 Social systems HM826 Social institutions HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/60250/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/60250/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/60250/1/60250_Bride%20Wealth%20In%20Marriage.pdf

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spelling	iium-602502017-12-22T04:02:13Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/60250/ Bride wealth in marriage: the case of Uang Panai in South Sulawesi, Indonesia ., Nurmiati Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura HM621 Culture HM701 Social systems HM826 Social institutions HQ The family. Marriage. Woman Bride wealth is the amount of substantial resources such as money, property and other forms of wealth that is given to the bride’s family by the groom. Recently, bride wealth has become a significant issue particularly for the marriage age in many rural countries. In this paper, the researchers analyze 20 articles to look for cross-cultural interpretations and practices about bride wealth in two ways 1) describing the importance of bride wealth and 2) defining factors that stipulate the amount of bride wealth among various cultures. The researchers conducted a summative content analysis to see variations of bride wealth practices across countries. The analysis suggests that culturally, the groom is bound to provide the bride wealth to his future wife. Although it is not grounded in religion, bride wealth is compulsory to legalize marriage, enhance social stratification, and maintainfamily stability as well as cultural identity. Various factors are regarded as significant in whichthe amount of bride wealth is stipulatedfor instance educational level, economic standing, family stratification and physical appearance. Indeed, bride wealth is crucial in one’s marriage and it has an important role in many societies. It will maintain as an important tool that perpetuates culture and tradition. However, very limited studies haveaddressed the impacts of bride wealth on women’s health and wellbeing.Finally, the paper suggests for more interdisciplinary studies into the modern practice of bride wealth in order to find new ways of fulfilling one’s cultural obligation due to the fact that there are changes in the society today which challenged the relevance of bride wealth practice. School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) 2017-11-29 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/60250/1/60250_Bride%20Wealth%20In%20Marriage.pdf ., Nurmiati and Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura (2017) Bride wealth in marriage: the case of Uang Panai in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. In: Social Sciences Postgraduate International Seminar (SSPIS 2017), 29th November 2017, Bukit Jambul, Penang. http://www.sspis.usm.my/
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description	Bride wealth is the amount of substantial resources such as money, property and other forms of wealth that is given to the bride’s family by the groom. Recently, bride wealth has become a significant issue particularly for the marriage age in many rural countries. In this paper, the researchers analyze 20 articles to look for cross-cultural interpretations and practices about bride wealth in two ways 1) describing the importance of bride wealth and 2) defining factors that stipulate the amount of bride wealth among various cultures. The researchers conducted a summative content analysis to see variations of bride wealth practices across countries. The analysis suggests that culturally, the groom is bound to provide the bride wealth to his future wife. Although it is not grounded in religion, bride wealth is compulsory to legalize marriage, enhance social stratification, and maintainfamily stability as well as cultural identity. Various factors are regarded as significant in whichthe amount of bride wealth is stipulatedfor instance educational level, economic standing, family stratification and physical appearance. Indeed, bride wealth is crucial in one’s marriage and it has an important role in many societies. It will maintain as an important tool that perpetuates culture and tradition. However, very limited studies haveaddressed the impacts of bride wealth on women’s health and wellbeing.Finally, the paper suggests for more interdisciplinary studies into the modern practice of bride wealth in order to find new ways of fulfilling one’s cultural obligation due to the fact that there are changes in the society today which challenged the relevance of bride wealth practice.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	., Nurmiati Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura
author_facet	., Nurmiati Mohamad Diah, Nurazzura
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title	Bride wealth in marriage: the case of Uang Panai in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
title_short	Bride wealth in marriage: the case of Uang Panai in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
title_full	Bride wealth in marriage: the case of Uang Panai in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
title_fullStr	Bride wealth in marriage: the case of Uang Panai in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed	Bride wealth in marriage: the case of Uang Panai in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
title_sort	bride wealth in marriage: the case of uang panai in south sulawesi, indonesia
publisher	School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/60250/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/60250/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/60250/1/60250_Bride%20Wealth%20In%20Marriage.pdf
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Bride wealth in marriage: the case of Uang Panai in South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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