Sure. There was religion, small community pressure, political family joinings, gross dowry incentives, a large manipulative industry, a desire to show off wealt

Sure. There was religion, small community pressure, political family joinings, gross dowry incentives, a large manipulative industry, a desire to show off wealth. Lots of dumb reasons from outdated cultural norms. Everything you wrote seems to be about weddings though. And while I think weddings are much stupider than marriage, they're not the same.