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> have you been to an indian wedding in India? Now that’s big big money Are Indian families spending multiples of annual incomes on weddings? They're lavishly
by JumpCrisscross 7mo ago
> have you been to an indian wedding in India? Now that’s big big money
Are Indian families spending multiples of annual incomes on weddings? They're lavishly done. But the cost of labour, land and e.g. fresh flowers is also ridiculously cheaper in India than in the West.
- decimalenough 7mo agoPer Wikipedia, the average cost of an Indian wedding is six times annual income.
- s1artibartfast 7mo agobig question is who pays
- JumpCrisscross 7mo ago> Per Wikipedia, the average cost of an Indian wedding is six times annual income Income disributions can produce that effect even if every couple spends less than a year's income on a wedding. This article says "out of 325 families that declined into poverty in western Kenya over a period of 25 years, 63 percent cited “heavy expenses related to funerals” as a major cause." I'm curious if we have similar statisitcs of financial burdens caused by wedding expenses.