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Arranged marriage is a type of marital union where the bride and groom are primarily selected by individuals other than the couple themselves, particularly by family members such as the parents. [1] In some cultures, a professional matchmaker may be used to find a spouse for a young person.
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Miai (見合い, "matchmaking", literally "look meet"), or omiai (お見合い) as it is properly known in Japan with the honorific prefix o-, is a Japanese traditional custom which relates closely to Western matchmaking, in which a woman and a man are introduced to each other to consider the possibility of marriage.
The film revolves around an English man who, feeling pressured, decides to enter into an arranged marriage to fulfill his parents' expectations. Another example of arranged marriages within film and television is the 2020 reality television series, Indian Matchmaking. The show’s main character is Sima Taparia, an Indian marriage consultant ...
Arranged marriages include endogamous and non-consanguineous marriages and therefore exceed the above observed rates of endogamous and consanguineous marriages. Arab Christians, [8] such as Coptic Christians in Egypt, [9] have similar patterns of marriage. Marriage was a central feature of traditional Aboriginal societies.
The term love-arranged marriage is used to describe a new emerging form of marriage, which contains elements of both an arranged marriage and a love marriage. [45] Love marriages are sometimes seen as imposition of the younger generation's will over the older generation's wishes. [44] [46]
The term placement marriage (also known as the law of placing) refers to arranged marriages between members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church). Placement marriage is believed and practiced by members of the FLDS Church to show their commitment and obedience in order to obtain salvation for themselves ...
Omiai marriages, arranged by the parents or a matchmaker, remained the norm immediately after the war, although the decades which followed saw a steady rise in the number of ren'ai "love matches." The distinction between the two has blurred: parents almost always consulted young people before "arranging" a marriage, and many young people asked ...