| 单词 | bride price |
| 例句 | “Do you know how many mothers pushed their daughters at him? Do you know how many asked him to impregnate them, even, and not to bother paying a bride price?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The Prince of Dragonflies loved Jenny of Oldstones so much he cast aside a crown, and Westeros paid the bride price in corpses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “She is not your madam, my child. She is just a woman who is living with a man who has not paid her bride price.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “And is he behaving like a man that will deny his child? Aunty told me he’s even talking about coming to pay her bride price.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It’s back to the past, which used to involve dowry, bride price, economic arrangement. Marriage Seen Through a Contract Lens 2012-09-28T19:35:40Z This surprise, arranged by Tendi, does not sit well with Marvelous when she learns that Anne will perform a traditional Zimbabwean “bride price” ceremony. Review: ‘Familiar,’ a Comic Clash of Assimilation on the Path to a Wedding 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z If no bride price had been paid and the husband was a noble, he was required to pay his wife one mina of silver, the equivalent of about a year’s wage for an average worker. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z There’s a longstanding tradition in China of men paying a bride price to their future wife’s family. Your Monday Briefing: Arms Race in Asia 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Chan fears that when her parents find out, their demands for a bride price will ultimately prevail. In China, Marriage Rates Are Down and ‘Bride Prices’ Are Up 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z Like most Gazan grooms, he needed to pay a bride price, in his case about $3,500, to the bride’s parents. Long Walk From Freedom: Indebted Gazan Trudges to Jail 17th Time. Or 18th. 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Some pay the bride price, others opt to contribute to her livelihood. Outcry over South Africa's multiple husbands proposal 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Unlike the king's other wives, her lobola, or bride price, of about 300 cattle was paid for by the Zulu nation, following a collection within communities. Zulu King Zwelithini's death: Royals and rebels fight for throne 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z She can’t be sure just how much money was offered as a bride price: She was crying too hard at the ceremony to see straight. Families marry off daughters to ease finances amid COVID-19 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Until 2016, Ahmed Mohammed ran one such compound in Agadez, a job he said allowed him to pay his wife’s family a belated bride price: a suitcase filled with cash, clothes and gold. EU effort to stem African migration leaves some ex-smugglers empty handed 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z He had no problem paying the $800 bride price demanded by her father’s clan, or feeding the guests at their lavish wedding. Special Report: The wildcat gold miners who get rich sick 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z She is already stressed about saving for the bride price. The ‘bride price’ in China keeps rising. Some villages want to put a cap on it. 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Daughters were exchanged for a dowry or bride price, after which they became the property and financial responsibility of their husband. Why I walked myself down the aisle 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z As if his niece’s body parts were a bride price to be flaunted, eliciting leers and cheers. No Cinderella: Margo Jefferson on the real Meghan Markle 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z “Familiar” follows a Zimbabwean family living outside Minneapolis, and the drama that falls around a debate about whether to perform a traditional “bride price” ceremony before the eldest daughter’s wedding. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for May 2018 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z A decade or two back, the typical bride price was just a few hundred dollars. In China and India, there are 70 million more men than women. Here are the consequences. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z People would find ways around any regulation — even limits on bride price. The ‘bride price’ in China keeps rising. Some villages want to put a cap on it. 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Next story: China officials try to rein in 'bride price' Russian artist creates giant manure cockerel - BBC News 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z To marry, men in South Sudan’s herding communities pay the girl’s father a bride price in dozens of cows. To understand life in rural South Sudan, talk to this man about his cattle 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z In ghost marriages between two dead people, the "bride's" family demands a bride price and there is even a dowry, which includes jewellery, servants and a mansion - but all in the form of paper tributes. China's ghost weddings and why they can be deadly - BBC News 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z A centuries-old tradition, the “bride price” in China is similar to a dowry elsewhere in the world, but paid from groom’s family to the bride’s parents — rather than the other way around. In China and India, there are 70 million more men than women. Here are the consequences. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z He was not sure what to do about it until one of his constituents sent him a picture of a bride price limit instituted in another Chinese village. The ‘bride price’ in China keeps rising. Some villages want to put a cap on it. 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z Some families have shunned the tradition of collecting a bride price and instead have sent their daughters to school. In South Sudan, a child bride can be bought for a bunch of cows 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z The showstopper was a song from the north, titled Eteso Emali, in which a prospective groom bargains a bride price with his betrothed’s family. Love’s runaways: the gay Ugandans forced into exile | Mark Gevisser 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Economic prosperity is one reason for the rising bride price, but another key factor is the shortage of women caused by China's one-child policy. The rising cost of a Chinese bride price - BBC News 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z In the Teso culture a bride price is gifted from the family of the groom to that of the bride before the bride is officially handed over to the groom. How My Father and I Fought for Gender Equality Together 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Then, one day when she was 16, the bride price, suitcases and a wedding outfit arrived. The girl who said 'no' to marriage - BBC News 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z The bride price is typically 20 to 40 cows, each worth up to $500. In South Sudan, a child bride can be bought for a bunch of cows 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z While she had been sitting in her 7th grade classroom in South Africa, her male relatives had received a $570 bride price for her from a man she'd never met who was twice her age. A life of poverty, violence for Africa's millions of child brides as their numbers set to rise 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Others took a different view and criticised the bride price tradition. The rising cost of a Chinese bride price - BBC News 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z This is a huge breakthrough for women, but unfortunately, the bride price practice has not been outlawed completely. How My Father and I Fought for Gender Equality Together 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z But a month after the bride price had been paid, all these brides just disappeared. How China’s One-Child Policy Backfired Disastrously 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Some say the Afghan tradition breaks with the original Islamic intent of a bride price, provided for women in case of divorce or emergencies. Young Afghans are taking a stand against exorbitant bride prices 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z But a key highlight in these shows, especially those about kwanjula, is the property the groom gives to the bride – cars, cows, money, fridges, and other things – in the form of the “bride price”. Uganda court rules against refund of 'bride price' after divorce 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The bride price is similar to a dowry, but paid from prospective groom to the family of the bride, rather than from the bride to the groom's side of the family. The rising cost of a Chinese bride price - BBC News 2016-03-05T05:00:00Z Boys’ education is prioritized, with some parents making use of the bride price obtained from their daughter’s marriage to support their son’s education. How My Father and I Fought for Gender Equality Together 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z The lack of women in rural China resurrected the old, feudal practice of a bride price, or chai li. How China’s One-Child Policy Backfired Disastrously 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The court declined to declare the bride price unconstitutional but said it undermines the dignity of women and treats marriage as a commercial transaction. World Digest: Aug. 6, 2015 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Critics say paying a bride price can trap women in abusive marriages and encourages early marriage. Uganda court rules against refund of 'bride price' after divorce 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z A bride price here is known as "lobola", where the groom's family presents either money or cows or both to the bride's family as a gesture of his willingness to marry her. Bride price practices in Africa - BBC News 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Because the bride price paid for us must be refunded if the marriage fails, girls are debts waiting to happen—a burden to the clan. How My Father and I Fought for Gender Equality Together 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z The Supreme Court agreed with activists that the practice undermines the dignity of women but it upheld the practice of paying bride price. Uganda's top court bans practice of refunding 'bride price' when a marriage ends in divorce 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The bride price is usually paid by the groom to the bride’s family in the form of livestock. World Digest: Aug. 6, 2015 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z A major reason for the high number is understood to be because parents, particularly poorer parents, want to get the bride price. Uganda court rules against refund of 'bride price' after divorce 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The Kenyan constitution outlaws the obligation to pay a bride price but it is widely understood that it will be paid. Bride price practices in Africa - BBC News 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z He drove away all my grandfather’s cows, sheep, and goats—more than the number paid for her bride price—claiming the animals had multiplied over the years. How My Father and I Fought for Gender Equality Together 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z The case against bride price was first launched in a lower court in 2007 by activists who argued that bride price is a major cause of domestic violence in this East African country. Uganda's top court bans practice of refunding 'bride price' when a marriage ends in divorce 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z The case was brought by the women's rights organisation Mifumi, who said that bride price encourages domestic violence. Uganda bride price refund outlawed - BBC News 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Mifumi estimates that 68% of women in Uganda have faced some form of domestic violence, and the NGO says the bride price remains the biggest contributor to these cases. Uganda court rules against refund of 'bride price' after divorce 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The payment of bride price is customary in Senegal but largely symbolic. Bride price practices in Africa - BBC News 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z I have witnessed women run away from abusive marriages, only to be sent back by their relatives and parents to endure abuse because the parents could not afford to return the bride price. How My Father and I Fought for Gender Equality Together 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z There were more than a few jokes at the expense of a lawyer who plans to offer 50 cows, 70 sheep and 30 goats as a bride price for Obama's elder daughter, 17-year-old Malia. Kenyans to Obama: 'Spare us the gay talk' - BBC News 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z A marriageable daughter can be a farmers’ biggest asset, bringing in a bride price and meaning one less mouth to feed. Nigeria girl among thousands of divorced children 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The issue dates back to a 2007 constitutional court petition by a local NGO, Mifumi, which wanted the bride price itself to be declared unconstitutional. Uganda court rules against refund of 'bride price' after divorce 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The bride price is commonly paid in Burkinabe culture and is largely a symbolic act. Bride price practices in Africa - BBC News 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z After years of advocacy and legal battles, this month, on August 7, 2015, Uganda’s Supreme Court ruled to deny husbands the right to demand a return of bride price. How My Father and I Fought for Gender Equality Together 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Hard-pressed families receive a "bride price" in return for their daughter's hand in marriage. Big money for Niger's child brides 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z "And then we got this information that the captors went and auctioned these girls into marriage for a bride price," he added. Seized Nigerian girls 'taken abroad' 2014-04-29T12:07:44Z Across sub-Saharan Africa – from Malawi, to Zambia to Kenya and South Africa – the practice of paying a bride price is common. Uganda court rules against refund of 'bride price' after divorce 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z While brides in other parts of South Korea were expected to provide a dowry, on Jeju the men paid a bride price. Hardy Divers in Korea Strait, ‘Sea Women’ Are Dwindling 2014-03-29T23:34:52Z When a man is due for marriage, his sister can be married off even before age 18, to obtain bride price that her brother can use to marry a wife. How My Father and I Fought for Gender Equality Together 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z They were rebuffed, even after the offer of part of Mohammad Ali’s family fields as a bride price. 2 Star-Crossed Afghans Cling to Love, Even at Risk of Death 2014-03-10T02:29:55Z Traditionally a bride price, known as lobola, must be paid by a groom's family - usually in the form of between five and 10 cows, each worth an estimated $450. Zimbabwe's new cash cows 2013-12-18T01:41:42Z The Hisbah pays for the wedding clothes, the bride price to be paid by the groom and the furniture to be provided by the bride. Nigerian women demand husbands 2013-09-27T17:17:37Z If she no longer wanted to be married, her father must return her bride price. South Africa Looks to Apply Tribal Law 2012-06-16T17:55:57Z My father has led the way in resisting this inequality by refusing to accept a bride price for his daughters. How My Father and I Fought for Gender Equality Together 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Mr. Zaman said his nephew had already paid the bride price — 28,000 Afghanis, or $500, about the price of three goats. 2 Star-Crossed Afghans Cling to Love, Even at Risk of Death 2014-03-10T02:29:55Z In another version, he contracted to marry her and then could not pay the bride price and fled. Afghan Rape Case Is a Challenge for the Government 2012-06-02T03:03:46Z “More than two million of our girls have been sold for a bride price.” Turkish Television Takes on Topic of Child Brides 2011-11-16T20:04:27Z Only here the rise in costs is measured in the cattle needed to pay the bride price—what a young man gives a young woman’s family for her hand in marriage. In South Sudan, Brides Cost Plenty—in Cows 2011-08-04T15:00:01Z He has seen how the bride price contributes to domestic violence and encourages a married woman to be treated as property without any decision-making abilities. How My Father and I Fought for Gender Equality Together 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z It also benefits parents through the payment of a "bride price." From child bride to Senegal rights crusader 2011-08-04T08:33:30Z The bride price is not the cause of headaches, but values and morality are. The price of marriage 2011-06-29T16:40:36Z In this area, the lure of a bride price causes many families to push for early weddings. Child brides 2011-06-07T11:28:06Z Some development officials question how solid the link between cattle raiding and bride price inflation is. In South Sudan, Brides Cost Plenty—in Cows 2011-08-04T15:00:01Z In this impoverished area where people live off the land, the lure of a bride price causes many families to push for early weddings. Child brides 2011-06-07T11:28:06Z Only 18 percent of Roma supported the bride price; 69 percent rejected it. The Female Factor: Subtle Shift at the Gypsy Bride Market 2011-05-03T12:20:20Z One of Russia's most popular newspapers, Moskovsky Komsomolets, splashed the bride price increase on its front page on Wednesday, jocularly headlined "Camel Rate." Russia's Muslim south triples sharia bride price 2010-07-07T12:24:00Z I am not yet married - I need to get a job first to earn money for the bride price, which is paid in cows. Sudan exodus 2010-04-12T08:34:00Z The death knell for the bride price will likely be urbanization, says Siwan Anderson, a development economist at the University of British Columbia who has studied the practice. In South Sudan, Brides Cost Plenty—in Cows 2011-08-04T15:00:01Z The girl, believed to be 12 years old, from Buraidah, was married to her father’s cousin late last year for a bride price of $23,000, said a lawyer, Sultan bin Zahim. 2010-02-09T07:29:00Z In Homer girls are proud to be bought and to bring to their fathers a bride price of many cows. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals When a betrothal was arranged, the father fixed the "bride price", which was paid over before the contract could be concluded, and he also provided a dowry. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria After this she can also marry a man in the usual way and he also pays the bride price. Folklore of the Santal Parganas The bottom line: In South Sudan, the bride price has risen 44 percent since 2005, forcing many bachelors to go into debt or steal cattle to get married. In South Sudan, Brides Cost Plenty—in Cows 2011-08-04T15:00:01Z That fact has never been adequately explained, but it seems to be anything but strange if the husband sells the girl and takes the bride price, although the wife bore and reared the child. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Inside the we-group the first need for money is for fees, fines, amercements, and bride price. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The amount of the "bride price" might, however, be refunded to the young couple to give them a start in life. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria When girls bring a good bride price to the father, it is evident that he at least receives compensation. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals In a survey conducted last year by the UN and a Norwegian aid group, two-thirds of the respondents said men had to raid livestock to pay the bride price. In South Sudan, Brides Cost Plenty—in Cows 2011-08-04T15:00:01Z |
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