Hello with all! I leave in one week to Thailand and wishes can be to marry me with my girlfriend in order to make it come to France. Some subtleties still escape to me and I will thus wish a little assistance! First of all, do I have to really show cards of pay to the embassy? It is possible to marry whereas I am only étudiant? Ensuite how much a marriage costs (if that costs some chose)! I does not speak here about the dowry since it will not be asked to me by her parents since is to leave to live in France! Lastly, concerning the certificate of celibacy, it owes right being brought by my girlfriend or me also (apparement this paper does not exist in France!) Thank you in advance for your Morgan assistance
» can you give this link for your girlfriend everything about laws in Thai b'coz I dont know very well how to write in France for you
http://www.bloggang.com/viewblog.php?id=thainfrance&group=5 for wedding I want you read first b'coz some FARANG dont understand why must pay????
dowry is a gift of money or valuables given by the bride's family to that of the groom to permit their marriage. In societies where payment of dowry is common, unmarried women are seen to attract stigma and tarnish the household's reputation, so it is in the bride's family's interest to marry off their daughter as soon as she is eligible. In some areas where this is practiced, the size of the necessary dowry is directly proportional to the groom's social standing, thus making it virtually impossible for lower class women to marry into upper class families. In some cases where a woman's family is too poor to afford any dowry whatsoever, she is either simply forbidden from ever marrying, or at most becomes a concubine to a richer man who can afford to support a large household.
The tradition of giving dowries is perhaps most well-known in the country of India, Thai where it is still very common, especially in rural areas,
As opposed to a dowry, a bride price is an amount of money or property paid to the parents of a woman for the right to marry her. The Hebrew Bible and Talmud mention the practice of paying a bride price to the father of a minor girl.
The tradition of giving bride price is still practiced in many Asian countries although the amount changing hands is more a token amount to continue the traditional ritual then an actual price-tag attached to the bride-to-be for marriage.
In Chinese culture, an auspicious date is selected to 'Ti Qing' (literally meaning 'propose marriage'), where both families will meet to discuss the amount of the bride price demanded, among other things. A couple of weeks before the actual wedding, the ritual of 'Guo Da Li' (literally meaning 'performing the rites') takes place (on an auspicious date of course). The groom and a matchmaker will visit the bride's family bearing gifts like wedding cakes, sweetmeats and jewellery as well as the bride price. On the actual wedding day, the bride's family will return a portion of the bride price as a goodwill gesture
After you finish read, hope you understand
Thai just like that and some family they dont want money, some dont want . sorry if i do not help you so much
Good luck
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