Marital Payments: The Case of Tibetan Nomads

Abstract

Among most ethnic groups of the world, marriage is associated with economic exchange which customarily takes the form of bridewealth or dowry. Bridewealth is a gift of money or goods given to the bride's relatives by the groom or his kin, whereas dowry involves goods or money given by the bride's family to the bride, the groom, or the groom's family.