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Though it has been illegal for more than 60 years, dowries are still omnipresent in Indian weddings.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

The men in Malaysia forfeit dowries and often send money to the brides’ parents.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

Most were in debt after taking out loans for medical treatment, their children’s education, dowries or other essential expenses that they could not afford on a wage of roughly $3 a day.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2023

“In the early Middle Ages rents, taxes and dowries were often paid in pepper,” and at its peak, it was as valuable as gold.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

The nunneries around Florence are filled with girls without dowries.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day