Dili wedding. How Australian farm work nudges up Timor's marriage rate
- Written by: Annie Yuan Cih Wu, PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Sydney
Dili's Cristo Rei statue of Christ. Australia's Seasonal Worker Program helps Timorese get married and break through class barriers.Shutterstock
A wedding is one of the biggest expenses in Timor.
The bulk of the cost comes from the “barlake”, a Tetum word which can be translated as “dowry”, or “bride price”, even...
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