<P> The common term for the arrangement in southern Africa is lobolo, from the Nguni language, a term often used in central and western Africa as well . Elders controlled the marriage arrangements . In South Africa, the custom survived colonial influences, but was transformed by capitalism . Once young men began working in mines and other colonial businesses, they gained the means to increase the lobolo, leading elders to increase the value required for lobolo in order to maintain their control . </P> <P> Assyrians, who are indigenous people of Western Asia, commonly practice the bride price (niqda) custom, even among those who reside in the western world . The tradition would involve the bridegroom's family paying to the father of the bride . The amount of money of the niqda is reached at by negotiation between groups of people from both families . The social state of the groom's family influences the amount of the bridewealth that's ought to be paid . When the matter is settled to the contentment of both menages, the groom's father may kiss the hand of the bride's father to express his chivalrous regard and gratitude . </P> <P> In many parts of Central Asia, bride price is expected and mandatory . Various names for it in Central Asia include Kazakh: қалыңмал (qaləɴmal), Kyrgyz: калың (qɑlɯ́ŋ), Uzbek: qalin (qalɨn), and Russian: калым (kɐˈɫɨm). It is also common in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan . The price may range from a small sum of money or a single piece of livestock to what amounts to a herd of livestock, depending on local traditions and the expectations and agreements of the families involved . The tradition is upheld in Afghanistan . A "dark distortion" of it involved a 6 - year - old daughter of an Afghan refugee from Helmand Province in a Kabul refugee camp, who was to be married to the son of the money lender who provided with the girl's father $2500 so the man could pay medical bills . According to anthropologist Deniz Kandiyoti, the practice increased after the fall of the Taliban . </P> <P> In Thailand, bride price--sin sod (Thai: สินสอด, pronounced (sĭn sòt) and often erroneously referred to by the English term "dowry") is common in both Thai - Thai and Thai - foreign marriages . The bride price may range from nothing--if the woman is divorced, has a child fathered by another man, or is widely known to have had premarital relations with men--to tens of millions of Thai baht (US $300,000 or ~ 9,567,757 THB) for a woman of high social standing, a beauty queen, or a highly educated woman . The bride price in Thailand is paid at the engagement ceremony, and consists of three elements: cash, Thai (96.5 percent pure) gold, and the more recent Western tradition of a diamond ring . The most commonly stated rationale for the bride price in Thailand is that it allows the groom to demonstrate that he has enough financial resources to support the bride (and possibly her family) after the wedding . In many cases, especially when the amount is large, the parents of a Thai bride will return all or part of the bride price to the couple in the form of a wedding gift following the engagement ceremony . </P>

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