Dhora ndiyo mari kana zvinhu izvo mhuri yemwenga inopa kumurume wake mutsva uye / kana mhuri yake pavanoroora.
Mimwe mazwi anobatanidza nekutsinhanisa kwepfuma panguva yemuchato "chikwata chemutengo" uye "dower." Mukadzi wemukati inoreva mari iyo muwani achabhadhara kuna baba vomuwani wake pakuchinjana neruoko rwake muwanano, asi mudyari ndiyo nzvimbo yakagadzirirwa kumwenga panguva yewanano kuitira kuti iye atarisirwe kupona murume wake.
The History of the Dowry
Vabereki vanopa dowry mukutsinhana nemwanasikana wavo ruoko mumuchato ndeche tsika yekare yakamboitwa munyika yose uye ichiri kuenderera mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzenyika. Tsika dzakawanda dzichiri kutarisira, kana mune dzimwe nguva, dzinoda dowry semamiriro ekubvuma chikwata chekuroorana, kunyanya munzvimbo dzinosanganisira Asia, Nenyasi yeAfrica, uye kunyange dzimwe nzvimbo dzeEurope. Tsika ye dowry yakaderera kwenguva yakareba uye haisisiri tsika yakajairika munyika dzakabudirira kana mumaguta.
Munguva yemutambo wechato , tsika yekupa mwenga mwedzi yaiva kubvuma kuti dowry yakanga yataurirana uye mwenga akakomborerwa nababa vake.
Munguva dzekare, dowry yakakura inogona kushanda kuwedzera kudiwa kwomudzimai wewanano. Varume vanogona kunge vachifunga nezvechato chinenge chichienderana nehukuru hwemadhora avo anotarisirwa kuitira kuti vavake simba nehupfumi kumhuri dzavo.
Mune dzimwe tsika dzakadai sekare reRoma, baba vainyanya kudiwa kupa mwanasikana wose ane dowry yakakodzera kune zvaanokwanisa. Kana baba vasina kukwanisa kupa mari yakakodzera yekunda kwomwanasikana wavo, hama kana hama yemhuri inogona kupa kuvabatsira uye kupa dowry panzvimbo yake.
Chinangwa cheDowry
Munguva dzekare, dowry yakapiwa kumuroori nemhuri yake mukutsinhanana nemwenga senzira yekuvimbisa kuti yakanyatsotarisirwa uye yakagadzikana. Mumazuva iwayo, zvaitarisirwawo kuti mwenga aizomusiya kumba kwake kuti agare naye kana pedyo nemhuri yake yemurume mutsva. Chipo ichi chinogona kushanda kupa mari yekuchengeteka munyaya yeupfumi, uye yaifungidzirwa kuti pakupedzisira inopa vana vanozogara mune ramangwana.
Dowry inogonawo kuonekwa sechipo chinogadziriswa chaizotarisirwa kudzorerwa munyaya yekurambana, kushungurudzwa, kana kumwe kushungurudzwa kwemwenga.
Mumazuva ano emazuva, dowry yakagadzirirwa kubatsira kugadzirisa mhuri itsva yemhuri, kunyanya mumitambo iyo isingawaniki kuti mukadzi ashande kunze kwemusha.
Kana mukadzi akafa asina vana, murume wake aifanira kudzorera dowari kumhuri yemwenga, achideredza kukosha kwechikwata chemwenga. Mukadzi anokodzero yemhuri yake yose mushure mekufa kwemurume wake, uye dowry inongotarirwa nevana vake pachavo.
Chii chakanga chiri mune dowry chaiyo?
Dowry inogona kuumbwa nekubatanidzwa kwezvinhu zvinokosha. Dowries kazhinji aive nemari, zvishongo / simbi inokosha, nyika / pfuma, midziyo yeimba uye nezvimwe.
Mune zvimwe zviitiko, muwani aifanira kubvunza chikomba chemubereki wake kushandisa kana kutengesa zvimwe zvinhu zviri mukati me dowry, zvakadai senyika kana pfuma.
The Evolution of the Dowry
Iyi tsika yakashata yakatanga kuva "trousseau" kana tariro yechifukidzo. A trousseau ndiyo kukohwa kwezvinhu izvo mukadzi anounganidza mukugadzirira kuroorana kwake mune ramangwana. Pakupedzisira, kubhadhakwa kwechikwata uye bridal shower zvinozoitika zvekudarika dowry.