
DisainaM
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Es ist ein teilweise kontroverses Thema, die Frage,
ob ein Farang Brautgeld zahlen soll, und welche Höhe angemessen ist.
Auf der einen Seite heißt es, Brautgeld sei nur in Nordthailand üblich.
Auf der anderen Seite heißt es, es sei eine freiwillige Entscheidung des Farang selber, was er zu zahlen bereit ist.
Weiter sind andere der Meinung, die Höhe des Brautgeldes hängt davon ab, wie schön eine Frau aussieht, ob sie noch Jungfrau ist, ob sie über eine abgeschlossende Berufsausbildung verfügt, und wie ihre Stellung in der thailändischen Gesellschaft ist.
Im folgenden ein Beitrag von Berhard Trink
aus der Bangkok Post.
Although there are no absolutes, the amount of the dowry is pretty well fixed vis-a-vis the girl's social standing and is rarely negotiated. If the girl comes from a good family (i.e. honest, not necessarily rich), a good portion is usually returned to the bride and groom.
A symbolic show of commitment on the part of the prospective groom, indicating his ability to support his bride, it is given back to help the new couple start their life together.
In general, the amounts according to social standing are as follows: Lower-class up-country girl, 30,000 to 50,000; middle-class girl, 50,000 to 100,000; upper middle-class girl, 100,000 to 200,000; upper-class girl, 200,000+. For a girl from a well-established Thai family, expect to pay 1,000,000 and up.
As for bar girls: What they should get (about 20,000 to 30,000 ) and what they demand (whatever the traffic will bear) is outside this tradition as they have no social standing in the minds of the Thais, and aren't known to follow the rules (i.e. they keep all the money).
The chances of any farang getting into the 200,000 strata is pretty remote, if not nearly impossible. At that level, the Thais are a particularly clannish and exclusive lot, viewing most farangs as barbarians, even if they're rich.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/trink/trink131000.html
ob ein Farang Brautgeld zahlen soll, und welche Höhe angemessen ist.
Auf der einen Seite heißt es, Brautgeld sei nur in Nordthailand üblich.
Auf der anderen Seite heißt es, es sei eine freiwillige Entscheidung des Farang selber, was er zu zahlen bereit ist.
Weiter sind andere der Meinung, die Höhe des Brautgeldes hängt davon ab, wie schön eine Frau aussieht, ob sie noch Jungfrau ist, ob sie über eine abgeschlossende Berufsausbildung verfügt, und wie ihre Stellung in der thailändischen Gesellschaft ist.
Im folgenden ein Beitrag von Berhard Trink
aus der Bangkok Post.
Although there are no absolutes, the amount of the dowry is pretty well fixed vis-a-vis the girl's social standing and is rarely negotiated. If the girl comes from a good family (i.e. honest, not necessarily rich), a good portion is usually returned to the bride and groom.
A symbolic show of commitment on the part of the prospective groom, indicating his ability to support his bride, it is given back to help the new couple start their life together.
In general, the amounts according to social standing are as follows: Lower-class up-country girl, 30,000 to 50,000; middle-class girl, 50,000 to 100,000; upper middle-class girl, 100,000 to 200,000; upper-class girl, 200,000+. For a girl from a well-established Thai family, expect to pay 1,000,000 and up.
As for bar girls: What they should get (about 20,000 to 30,000 ) and what they demand (whatever the traffic will bear) is outside this tradition as they have no social standing in the minds of the Thais, and aren't known to follow the rules (i.e. they keep all the money).
The chances of any farang getting into the 200,000 strata is pretty remote, if not nearly impossible. At that level, the Thais are a particularly clannish and exclusive lot, viewing most farangs as barbarians, even if they're rich.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/trink/trink131000.html