Question

Your friend tells you about an event that took place before her cousin Ayla's wedding in Turkey in which her family gave furniture, kitchen appliances, and cash to the groom's family. In Turkey, it is called "ceyiz." How would anthropologist classify this kind of ritual?
Select one:
a. inheritance
b. bridewealth
c. dowry
d. reciprocity

Answer 1

Anthropologist classify those kind of ritual as dowry.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Dowry is a sequence of the process of transferring cash, belongings, and gifts from the bride's family to the groom's family. This is when greed is excluded but the inclusion of greed is a crime and unacceptable in society.

The comparative study of forms of dowry by the anthropologist Jack Goody in all over the world with the help of Ethnographic Atlas predicted that it is an inheritance form which was involved in Eurasian societies in countries like Japan and Ireland, they opted diverging devolution. While after sometime African people characterized it as bride price.