You attend a friend's wedding. At one point, the father of the groom hands a set of new car keys to the bride. What would you, as an anthropologist, call this?

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Bridewealth is a practice where the groom or his family provides goods, money, or in this case, valuable items like a car to the bride's family as part of the marriage arrangement. This contrasts with a dowry, which is provided by the bride's family to the groom or his family.

You Attend a Friend's Wedding