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   Of course, the people who can come to Ram's house to attend the wedding are all relatives of Ram's side. There are enough people, including seven aunts and eight aunts. Everyone helped the Ram family to prepare everything for the wedding. After all, Hinduism attaches great importance to the first marriage, and the first marriage is also the most solemn and sacred.

  India has a strange rule, that is, when two young people get married, the woman will marry the man with a generous dowry to live in the man's house. Although India's economic level has developed well in recent years, the dowry of daughters in remote rural areas is still the most worrying thing for parents in these remote rural areas. Can't afford a generous dowry, what should I do? Human beings have the strongest creative consciousness.

   Parents couldn't prepare their daughter's dowry, so they started to mobilize relatives of their own family, which is equivalent to following Huaxia when they got married. As for those relatives, they have generously donated money. If the conditions are good, they will give more cash. If the conditions are not good, they will take some gifts and collect dowries for the daughters of their relatives. This is a rule that has been formed for thousands of years. Everyone will be silent. obey.

   Even though the Ram family is in good condition, the relatives still follow the traditions since ancient times, just like now. Ram took his eldest son and sat at the gate of his house. There were chairs and tables in front of the door, and he held a small book in his hand. It's like two doormen who have been sitting at the gate since more than 6 in the morning.

  Every relative who came to attend the wedding rushed to Ram's house one after another, and then the male host as the head of the family would come to Ram and his eldest son. Then he took out an envelope from his pocket, the size of the envelope was a little bigger than Indian rupees, so it could fit cash, and the envelope full of cash was handed over to Ram and his eldest son.

   Then the father and son stood up together and greeted each other, hugged and shook hands, and then something shocked Yang Yong. Ram and his eldest son actually opened the envelope in front of the guests, and then started to check the money as if nothing had happened, after finding out the amount of the money. Ram's son will record in his small notebook who gave the money? How much was given, and what kind of relatives did they have unmarried children? waiting for important information.

   When the children of these relatives with cash get married, Ram will return to each other's hands at noon with the same gift money, and exchange gifts. Helping each other to help those poor girls put together dowry can make their lives better in their husbands' homes. The gifts that men take are cash, and the gifts that women take are much weirder. There are almost all kinds of things, from the top to the clothes, the food, the drink, the kitchen supplies, the pots and pans, and almost all the life content of a newlywed couple is included.

   For example, what about Ram's wife's sister? The gifts prepared for my niece are all very elegant and luxurious Indian sarees. This is the Indian girl's favorite outfit, and it is also the most gorgeous outfit, which can reflect the girls' graceful figure when worn. The aunt prepared a few sets, and the second aunt prepared a few sets. The Indian saris prepared by the girl's mother's sisters alone are enough for the girl's needs for a few years after marriage.

   Of course, giving gifts is also because the conditions of the family vary from person to person. Some parents who are less qualified will try their best not to embarrass themselves. Therefore, the gifts you give are all kinds of things. For example, your family is in difficulty, but you don't want to lose face, so you have to send some practical tools. For example, clay pots for fetching water are very common in India. If the family economy is a little more affordable, the gift is a pot made of red copper.

  With the development of the Indian economy in recent years, the relatives have become rich one by one, so the gifts they send are also very advanced. For example, this machine sent a vacuum cleaner, that relative sent an electric fan, and Yang Yong even saw that many people sent seven or eight brand-new gas tanks. Good guy, these gas tanks are almost catching up with time bombs in the sun in the yard. I don't know what these people think, and I don't know if there is gas in these gas tanks.

   Stacking all the gifts under the shed outside for all the guests to see serves two purposes. First, take a look at what kind of gifts are given by relatives? Let's compare each other, how much do you give me? How much do I send. Of course, that kind of face-giving is welcomed by everyone, which is related to the issue of face.

The second function of    is to act as a reminder, reminding relatives who give gifts, to see what the host has received when giving gifts. Those with a little condition at home will see that the things sent by others are the same as themselves, and then they will not go into the yard. Immediately take the family back to the market or shopping mall, and buy some gifts that others have not given before returning.

   In addition, the Ram family is a famous local family. There are too many members in the whole family, so the gifts sent are almost piled up. Let alone a newlywed couple, even five newlyweds can't use up these things, so why do relatives insist on giving them away? There is also an open secret here, that is, if the newlyweds have a mother-in-law or father-in-law on them, then congratulations, the young couple cannot make decisions without any right to speak at home.

   If you are lucky enough to have no parents and elders in the man’s family, the young couple will live a little better, but their economic conditions are not as prosperous as those with living parents. But when you get married, you should start a family life. Whether it is the relatives of the husband's family or the relatives of the wife's family, they are relatives of the young couple.

  In India, there is no such thing as family planning, so every family has a lot of children, of different sizes. The more children, the more cordials, and the more things to get married. The young couple has no financial foundation to live a tight life, but cousins ​​and sisters from relatives get married. It's not easy for you brothers and sisters to come empty-handed, what should you do at this time? The usefulness of those gifts received at the time of marriage is highlighted.

  Choose a few of these useless gifts with practical value, and use them as gifts for the children of relatives who get married. In this way, face is not saved. The wisdom formed over thousands of years is not as simple as it seems, and there are many truths in dealing with people. An ancient civilization is an ancient civilization. The traditions that have been passed down for thousands of years are not all scum, but also essence.

  Yang Yong is an authentic Chinese American. This time he came to India to attend the most traditional Hindu wedding, which was an eye-opener. Sitting under the pergola while drinking tea, I observed some strange rules in India with a smile, and felt very novel. This kind of feeling is like watching the animal world in the Discovery Channel, and the thirst for knowledge has occupied the entire Yang Yong's brain.

  The process of sending gifts and money to these relatives was completed all morning, and then the Ram family kitchen formed a battlefield. Those seven aunts and eight aunts will help the women of the Ram family make lunch, so that these guests can eat and drink enough to have the strength to sing and dance.