Dowry ndi ndalama kapena katundu omwe banja la mkwatibwi limapereka kwa mwamuna wake watsopano ndi / kapena banja lake akwatirana.
Mawu ena okhudzana ndi kusinthanitsa chuma muukwati ndi "mkwatibwi" ndi "dower." Mtengo wa mkwatibwi amatanthauza ndalama zomwe mkwati angapereke kwa abambo ake a mkwatibwi pofuna kuwombola dzanja lake muukwati, pamene wolimbikayo ndi malo omwe amakhazikitsidwa kwa mkwatibwi pa nthawi yaukwati kotero kuti azisamaliridwa kupulumuka mwamuna wake.
Mbiri ya Dowry
Makolo opereka dowry pofuna kusinthanitsa ndi mwana wawo wamkazi m'banja ndizozoloŵezi zakale zomwe zachitika padziko lonse lapansi ndipo zikupitirirabe m'madera ena a dziko lapansi. Mitundu yambiri ikuyembekezerabe, kapena nthawi zina, kufunafuna dowry ngati chikhalidwe chovomerezera ukwati, makamaka m'madera ena monga Asia, Northern Africa, ndi madera ena a ku Ulaya. Chikhalidwe cha dowry chacheperapo pakapita nthawi ndipo sichizolowezi chofala m'mayiko otukuka kapena m'midzi.
Pa mwambo waukwati , mwambo wopereka kutali mkwatibwi unali kuvomereza kuti dowry anali atakambirana ndipo mkwatibwi anali ndi madalitso a abambo ake.
M'nthaŵi zakale, dowry yokongola ingathandize kuonjezera kufunika kwa mkazi paukwati. Amuna angathe kuganizira zokwatirana chifukwa cha kukula kwa dowry wawo kuti apeze mphamvu ndi chuma kwa mabanja awo.
M'mayiko ena monga Akale ku Roma, abambo ankafunikira kupereka mwana aliyense wamkazi ndi dowry yoyenera njira zake. Ngati bambo sakanatha kupereka dowari wokwanira kwa dzanja la mwana wake wamkazi, wachibale kapena wachibale angapereke thandizo kuti awathandize ndikupereka dowry m'malo mwake.
Cholinga cha Dowry
Kale, dowry anapatsidwa kwa mkwati ndi banja lake kuti asinthane ndi mkwatibwi ngati njira yotsimikiziranso kuti iye amasamaliridwa bwino ndi omasuka. Pa nthawiyi, ankayembekezeranso kuti mkwatibwi adzasiya banja lake kukakhala ndi banja lake kapena pafupi ndi banja lake. Mphatso imeneyi idzapereka ndalama zambiri pokhapokha ngati ali wamasiye, ndipo amalingalira kuti potsirizira pake adzapatsanso ana awo a mtsogolo.
Dowry ingathenso kuthandizidwa kuti ikhale yovomerezeka yomwe ikuyembekezeredwa kubwezeretsedwa pa chisudzulo, nkhanza, kapena kuchitiridwa nkhanza kwa mkwatibwi.
Masiku ano, dowry ndi cholinga chothandizira kukhazikitsa banja latsopanolo, makamaka m'madera omwe sikokwanira kuti mayi azigwira ntchito kunja kwa nyumba.
Ngati mkazi anamwalira popanda kukhala ndi ana, mwamuna wake amayenera kubwezeretsa ukwati kwa banja la mkwatibwi, kuchotsa mtengo wa mkwatibwi. Mkwatibwi akuyeneranso kulandira dowry wake pambuyo pa imfa ya mwamuna wake, ndipo dowry amangolandira ana ake okha.
Kodi chinali chiyani mu dowry?
Dowry ikhoza kupangidwa ndi kuphatikiza kwa zinthu zamtengo wapatali. Dothi nthawi zambiri linali ndi ndalama, miyala / zitsulo zamtengo wapatali, malo / katundu, zipangizo zapanyumba ndi zina zambiri.
Nthawi zina, mkwati amayenera kupempha chilolezo cha mkwatibwi kuti agwiritse kapena kugulitsa zinthu zomwe zili mu dowry, monga malo kapena katundu.
Chisinthiko cha Dowry
Chizoloŵezi chimenechi chinayamba kusintha kukhala "trousseau" kapena chifuwa cha chiyembekezo. A trousseau ndi mndandanda wa zinthu zomwe mkazi amasonkhanitsa pokonzekera ukwati wake wam'tsogolo. Pamapeto pake, kukwatirana kwakwati ndi kusamba kwadongosolo kumayambiriro kachitidwe ka dowry.