Comments on: It Costs $5000 To Marry Your Daughter?!?! http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/12/17/it-costs-5000-to-marry-your-daughter/ Kiva Fellows share their experiences from the field Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:22:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: John Robbins http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/12/17/it-costs-5000-to-marry-your-daughter/#comment-3510 John Robbins Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:18:40 +0000 http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/?p=2580#comment-3510 If AMK approved him, I guess I would (assuming the girl is willing). I've funded loans to people who want to upgrade their homes, why not to those who want to create a family? Thanks for the pictures and video. If AMK approved him, I guess I would (assuming the girl is willing). I’ve funded loans to people who want to upgrade their homes, why not to those who want to create a family?

Thanks for the pictures and video.

]]> By: milena08 http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/12/17/it-costs-5000-to-marry-your-daughter/#comment-3499 milena08 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:31:23 +0000 http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/?p=2580#comment-3499 Awesome post, pictures, and video. I think I would lend to a borrower if I was funding love. Wouldn't expect to get paid back, though.. ~Milena (KF6, Bosnia) Awesome post, pictures, and video. I think I would lend to a borrower if I was funding love. Wouldn’t expect to get paid back, though..

~Milena (KF6, Bosnia)

]]> By: miss j http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/12/17/it-costs-5000-to-marry-your-daughter/#comment-3492 miss j Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:44:56 +0000 http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/?p=2580#comment-3492 i miss cambodia. i'm sitting in a bar faux-cambodian dancing to this while looking at it on my laptop. love love love :) i miss cambodia. i’m sitting in a bar faux-cambodian dancing to this while looking at it on my laptop.

love love love :)

]]> By: Jinja http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/12/17/it-costs-5000-to-marry-your-daughter/#comment-3487 Jinja Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:02:58 +0000 http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/?p=2580#comment-3487 About $2000 - $5000, that's right. A number of my friends do a stint as a 'pagoda boy' in Phnom Penh: studying in the evening, working during the day. (Sleeping god knows when.) With free accommodation and a job, they can save the dosh so that when they finish college, they have a nest egg to afford to get married. In older times the prospective son in law might work for the family for two years to provide his labor in exchange for the bride's hand in marriage. When I told one friend about how Indian custom provides dowries, he was pretty game to move there. About $2000 – $5000, that’s right. A number of my friends do a stint as a ‘pagoda boy’ in Phnom Penh: studying in the evening, working during the day. (Sleeping god knows when.) With free accommodation and a job, they can save the dosh so that when they finish college, they have a nest egg to afford to get married.

In older times the prospective son in law might work for the family for two years to provide his labor in exchange for the bride’s hand in marriage.

When I told one friend about how Indian custom provides dowries, he was pretty game to move there.

]]> By: Joe Lane http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/2008/12/17/it-costs-5000-to-marry-your-daughter/#comment-3481 Joe Lane Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:46:23 +0000 http://fellowsblog.kiva.org/?p=2580#comment-3481 Wow! $5,000? I've read that similar scenarios require trading the daughter for a cow! I would lend the money (if I had it). Makes me thankful we have enough to support our 5 children. Wow! $5,000? I’ve read that similar scenarios require trading the daughter for a cow! I would lend the money (if I had it). Makes me thankful we have enough to support our 5 children.

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