bridewealth
Groom's family pays
Bridewealth is property or money given by a groom's family to a bride's family as part of a marriage agreement.
The practice, found in many African, Asian, and Pacific cultures, establishes bonds between families and compensates the bride's family for raising her.
Unlike a dowry, which flows from bride's family to groom, bridewealth flows in the opposite direction: The groom's family paid bridewealth in cattle.
Payment for marriage rights
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- compensationPayment for services rendered
goods · negotiation · settlement · agreement · assets · valuation · transfer · exchange
Legal union of spouses
- betrothalFormal marriage agreement
- nuptialsVows and rings
- wedlockState of being spouses
- conjugalOf marriage
spousal · polygyny · monogamy · endogamy · exogamy · matchmaking · union · levirate
Descent from progenitors
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- patrilinealTraced through fathers
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
- consanguinityRelatedness through shared ancestry
ancestry · bloodline · filiation · descent · alliance · in-laws · family · relatives
Systematic study of peoples
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- MalinowskiPolish-British anthropologist, ethnography founder
- kinshipState of being related
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
Zulu · Igbo · pastoralist · agrarian · subsistence · status · prestige · social
Relating to formal rites
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
- customaryDone by convention
ritual · elders · blessing · feast · celebration · procession · dowry · dower
brideprice
Payment for marriage rights
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
compensation · goods · negotiation · settlement · agreement · assets · valuation · transfer · exchange · recompense
matrimony
Legal union of spouses
conjugal · spousal · polygyny · monogamy · endogamy · exogamy · matchmaking · union · levirate · elopement
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- patrilinealTraced through fathers
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
consanguinity · ancestry · bloodline · filiation · descent · alliance · in-laws · family · relatives · household
ethnography
Systematic study of peoples
- fieldworkResearch conducted on location
- MalinowskiPolish-British anthropologist, ethnography founder
- kinshipState of being related
cross-cultural · Zulu · Igbo · pastoralist · agrarian · subsistence · status · prestige · social · reciprocity
ceremonial
Relating to formal rites
- ritesFormal ceremonial acts
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
customary · ritual · elders · blessing · feast · celebration · procession · dowry · dower · heritage
bridewealthalimony
Court-ordered post-divorce payments
divorce settlement · spousal support · palimony · maintenance · maintenance payments
wealth, wealthy, bride, bridal, bridegroom, bridesmaid, bridesmaids, bridecake