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I agree it is a matter of perspective. I shared similar conversation with a zulu friend from zimbabwe. in his culture (which is also tribal, proud, famed for bravery, independence, and hatred of the red faced farangi) payment akin to walvar is paid to protect the wife in event of husband deserting/neglecting her, and also helps the father in the initial costs. further, it is percieved to compensate the bride for the labour of child birth and a tokenistic price for exchange of her youth and beauty and other attribute such as education for motherhood and domestic life. so clearly in their perception it has nothing to do with 'buying a wife' or 'bride price' or whatever western label one chooses. only those who are not from society that have such perception of walwar call it misrepresentative and pejorative names.
of course if you transplant such society into west, the habits take time to adapt and assimilate, so in the flux, such people are considered less developed (compared to what i ask?)
my experience, people who percieve walwar in such manner (pejorative) have been panjabis, farangis and some shamalis.
of course if you transplant such society into west, the habits take time to adapt and assimilate, so in the flux, such people are considered less developed (compared to what i ask?)
my experience, people who percieve walwar in such manner (pejorative) have been panjabis, farangis and some shamalis.
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