Whenever Mai Neng Moua ended up being growing up being a Hmong-American located in Minnesota, she decided she did not wish to have a longstanding wedding customized if she had been to marry a man that is hmong.
Inside her 20s, Moua implemented through on that choice. In preparing her wedding to a man that is hmong she insisted she did not want her husband-to-be’s household to pay for a “bride cost.”
” when you look at the community that is hmong just like various other communities, the bride pricing is money you pay the bride’s parents for marrying her,” the author explained. She added that the “going price” for the bride pricing is anywhere from $5,500 to $20,000. Moua said it is diverse from the dowry just because a dowry includes all of the presents and supplies that nearest and dearest provide the bride to start her life.
Moua shared her tale of rejecting this customized in a memoir released month that is last “The Bride cost: A Hmong Wedding Story.”
“we actually struggled with (the bride price) because growing up I’d heard every one of these tales, my mother’s stories, in regards to the effect regarding the bride cost on her behalf and also as a young woman,” she said. “Growing up I felt like this wasn’t finished . [Read more...]