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Dowries have been outlawed in India since 1961, but the bride's family is still expected to gift cash, clothes and jewellery to the groom's family.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2024

Dowries - both giving and accepting - have been illegal in India since 1961, but 90% of Indian marriages still involve them, according to a recent study.

From BBC • May 12, 2024

Dowries consume a substantial proportion of household savings and income: in 2007, the average net dowry in rural India was equivalent to 14% of annual household income.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2021

Dowries aren't important in this day and age.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2013

Dowries are given by the men to the women's parents.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55 1588-1591 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander