The Bride Price Or Ari: In This Arunachal Tribe, The Grooms Pay Dowry

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The Bride Price Or Ari: In This Arunachal Tribe, The Grooms Pay Dowry

In our country, it is culturally accepted that it is the responsibility of the bride's family to bear the burden of dowry (or the so-called 'gifts') to appease the groom's family. But what if we told you there’s a place in India where the bride gets the dowry instead? The Galo tribe of Arunachal Pradesh and their custom of Ari or the Bride Price, locally known as 'Nyirpung', literally flips the system of dowry. Unlike the practice of dowry where…