American React To Thai Marriage | Shocking Dowry in Thailand 🇹🇭|
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ค. 2018
- You might watch the story of David (48 years old) and Annie (24 years old) are getting married in 90 days and Annie wants to have a transitional thai engagement party in her village but David can't afford to give her the money that is needed for the family, in order for them to get married as in order to marry thai woman you need to pay Dowry ( Sin Sod ) to the bride's family. If you haven't, here is the link to this documentary -
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In this episode, you will see how it is really like for Thai marriage, we think it will be useful for those who want to marry Thai woman to watch this before you REALLY MARRY THAI WOMAN, in order to understand the whole process of Thai marriage and to see various aspects of Thai culture, as Marriage with Thai can be relatively complicated, especially when it comes to Dowry system- how much would you pay to the bride's family as a proof that you have financial stability to take care of the family in future.
The Thai dowry system, which is more commonly known as Sin Sod, is deeply rooted in Thai culture. It is a way of honoring your bride’s parents for raising their daughter well. This is also a way of showing that you are financially capable of taking care of your Thai bride throughout your married life, because her parents tend to consider financial security as basis for the marriage. You will need to negotiate with your bride’s parents regarding the amounts of the Sin Sod and Tong Mun. Tong Mun, which means gold engagement, is 24-karat gold that you give to your wife-to-be. The rule of thumb is, the higher the amount of the gold, the better. This is similar to the giving an engagement ring in the West.
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Divert Living I bet Thailand is more expensive as the more "touristy" country.
Divert Living lol That guy is punjabi.
Very cool guys! Thanks for sharing this with everyone.
Thanks Raychee ! We were so excited sharing this vlog !:D
What a beautiful experience! Beautiful people you're fortunate to be part of that family. Thank you for sharing
Aww Thank you so much!
I got married in Thailand almost two years ago, no dowry. 9 chanting Monks, could not have been cooler experience. Best decision of my life, could not be happier.
We are happy for you ! Simply beautiful !:D
ill bill .... has she been married previously? And has kids?
Sails, Yes, two grown kids. I am 54 and she is 51. Her kids are 33 and 28, two grandkids 8 and 1. She was divorce about 10 years ago.
ill bill ......Thak you for the honest answer..... and I wish you both luck and happiness for the future.
dowry only pay for single lady no kids and never been married
Thank you for sharing, I loved seeing the wedding.
It was such a fun time :)
Wonderful insights! Thanks for letting us share. It was fascinating 😉👍💪
I am watching this in August 2020 and by far, this is one of my favorite videos from your channel.
Thank you for sharing. It is always a privilege to learn something new especially culturally. Great video guys.
Thank you !!!:D
The wedding is a huge process and amazing, you look like your mother who gave you a pretty face, Thailand is a beautiful country and the people are the same..
Awww Tom, thank you !! my mom would be so happy seeing your comment !:D
@@DivertLiving : DAMN ! CANT BELIEVE DAT WAS UR MOM !!! I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BE AN ELDER COUSIN SISTER OF URS OR SOMETHING !!! ... :O
Very cool! Lots of great info for farangs that have no clue!!! Thanks!!!!
haha this is very true! I didnt know!
Its nice to know how unique each culture has. Nice video Tah and Jimmy 😊
Thank you so much!
very cool guys. this group of vids is really informative and shows a lot about Thai culture as well as explains the idea behind it. great job! hats off to you both!
Hi Terry ! We were real excited for this VLOG, glad you like it !!:D
Very interesting....thank you so much for sharing.
Hi Jim ! We were so excited to share this vlog !!:D
Thank you for sharing this. I have visited Thailand and think it is such a beautiful and enchanting place. Always fantastic to see culture. Well done!
Thank you Kacey!
Thank you for sharing your culture, it's very interesting to know 😍
We were always excited to share this VLOG to you guys ! Glad you found it interesting !:D
Beautiful family! Thank you for sharing your culture.
Thank you so much for watching!
Good morning Jimmy and Tah, I just came across your channel. I live in Thailand and have been to a few ceremonies and still learnt a few bits of info from your video. Very interesting and thank you. Best wishes.
Thank you Kevin! Have some Num tok for me! I miss it!!!! And Moo ping!
I love your videos due to their documentary style and the background you provide. That said, because there is so much dialogue, you need to get a good mic. Something that doesn’t pick up so much background noise and where we can here what you all are saying. Thanks. Keep up the vlogging.
Thank you so much Michael! We do have one on our big camera but we didn't bring our big camera due to not wanting to have it at the wedding. We wanted to be more discrete
Brilliant guys , I really enjoyed all the wedding videos always great entertainment,informative and funny, thanks for taking the time to keep us all entertained during this shutdown nightmare, take care and stay safe.
Thank you so much for watching Sean :)
Great video lots of good info
Thank you so much!
Sawadhee khrapp.....phom banh thi Jkakarta IDN....a great video...i loves it
Wow, that would be so cool and such an honor to be a part of! Oh, and so many beautiful women in one place. I think it's pretty cool that they want to display financial stability before marriage since so many divorces happen due to arguments over money issues.
Hey Nona i believe its a good thing and they are just trying to help the family with this part of the tradition!
The Sin Sod is to show the parents of the girl you are marrying that you can take care of her and start a family without struggle. The Sin Sod (Dowry) is supposed to be given back to the bride and groom to get them started and of course you are the only white person there it's a Thai wedding..
Very cool video.
Congratulations
Thank you!
This is interesting you guys! Great content.
Thank you ! We are glad you like it !:D
First time i saw Thai wedding... Thanks for sharing this video.
Glad to be your first !!! Hahaha 😂😂
StumbleUpon this video and it was great. Good to see more of Thai culture on TH-cam, there's so much of just travel videos. Have attended both funerals and weddings in Thailand , even a shotgun wedding😀.
Ahh I havent had to go to a Thai funeral yet! Thank god! But thank you for the support! We love showing the local side of things as much as we can! Its still travel but a side that not many people have the chance to see!
Very interesting, thanks for sharing
Of course! Thank you for watching!
Congratulations!!!
After a very long journey, another long journey awaits for you guys. ☺ May God bless you.
Thank you Lian!!:D
this is cool! i've never seen a thailand traditional wedding before 😊
Aww thank you! We are so happy you liked it!
thank you for making this series it was quite interesting to watch. as of the sinsod i know in isan it is also some kind of safety for if the marrage fails so that the women has some money to start over. but there too in most cases is the money returned after the wedding.
I love this - the socks scene "why do I have to wear socks" - the fact that Jimmy drives all the family - the jungle book. We've gone through the same thing with Pierre and my family ahaha. We actually recorded our Thai wedding when we went to Thailand but never published!
Haha Trina, There are so many things he questioned but we just didn’t happen to record it, imagine the vlog turns into Q&A lol 😂
Questioning so many things seems very disrespectful. When I married my Thai wife in Thailand, They told me what to do and i just did it. No reason to question or argue about it. When in Rome do as the Romans do.
I cried because I had not shoes until I saw a man with no socks. ha ha ha.
It’s interesting watching traditional wedding....gotta love it! 😍
It really is so beautiful!
Thanks for Sharing.
Thanks for watching!
that thing is firecrack..lol..so graceful and full of wisdom
As a Filipino, I find this wedding very interesting. Thanks for sharing this Thailand wedding culture. Very informative.
Aww so did i as a westerner! Very Very different but cool!
Yes. Because Philippines and US have the same wedding tradition. This Thai wedding seems ancient for us lol. But it is really cool especially the attire :)
You two are so cute! Love the way you both work together and the way you both look at each other. Your mother is beautiful, you get your looks from her 💕
Love for Money Haha
You don't know Thailand
That was amazing!
Thanks !:D
Interesting video Jimmy and Tah. 'Til 50K...
Thank you Erik ! We were so excited all the time for releasing this vlog :D
ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VIDEO'S ON THIS CHANNEL TAH !!! TOO GOOD !
Aww Thank you so much!
Super intresting insight into a thai marriage.
I like the way u created this series ^^
How did you two came up with the idea? :)
Glad you like it Christian !!:)
this somehow validates some point that the youtube channel EXPATS REPORT were showing in their channel about marrying thai women
Dowry is also practiced in my country Malaysia. I'm originally from Sabah, Malaysia. Our ethnic Kadazan's dowry is also expensive. We also give livestock as a dowry such buffalo, chicken and pig.
wow i didnt know that! Thank you so much for the information!
we have a very similar dowry tradition in Malay culture! the only difference is, except for the (cash) money, gifts are also given from the female side to the male side. we also have the same traditions of having family members from each side carry the gifts on decorated trays to the wedding venue. the shell ceremony is also present in Malay weddings where the bride and groom are seated on decorated seats with people coming by and offering their blessings!
p.s. Tah, you look so beautiful in the traditional attire!
Wow we didnt know that! Thank you so much!
Beautiful culture, beautiful ceremony, beautiful couple. Best wishes for a long and happy marriage.
done this our ceremony went on for 10 hours but was amazing
Wow! Would be so cool! This one wasnt that long but it was so much fun!
Happy newly wed! I hope you 2 will get in there soon! From the philippines!
hahahha will definitely let you know when the time comes, probably honeymoon in philippines !!:D
Very interesting this is.
Hope you enjoyed it !:D
I got ths chance to attend my friend's Thai wedding in Chiangrai... It was a blast I thoroughly enjoyed for three days😊
Aww we love them!
Thailand is AMAZING! The land and the culture. I miss being there. My fiance is from Roi-Et. We are new to TH-cam. Can we link channels?
It is much like indian wedding.
I'm very glad to know that the cultural roots are still strongly connected with modern Thailand.
Luv you guys... Keep it up
Very interesting! I never went to a Thai wedding, but I did go to a sad ceremony, (don't know the name), 100 days after a funeral. Similar in the participation of the monks, giving them gifts, serving an elaborate banquet to them and the guests. It was in the sala(?) at a temple, not a hotel. I'd love to attend a happy ceremony such as this.
Ahh you really should! Its such a beautiful experience! I loved it - Jimmy
what a beautiful culture.. you did so well capturing and explaining everything , really enjoyed this .. well done guys ^^
Thank you! We tried out best with the small camera i didnt want to be in peoples face with a big camera haha
Congrats!!
Thank you!
Wow! Amazing! Thanks jimmy and tah for these episodes!
Been waiting this thai wedding culture vlog...
I learned something
Thai dowry...
blessings from the bride’s family
Monks’ blessings
Aladdin costume...
Amazing!
May i ask to Tah if your partner isn’t Buddhist, does it needs to convert from non buddhist to a buddhist?
Thanks hope you will ans my question..
Hi Refasola! Glad you found it amazing ! For your question, no you don't need to convert to become Buddhist in order to marry with Buddhist !:)
Hi i want you to know that i watched it many times and absorbed every words spoken and mostly i haven’t escaped all ads... thank you
You are each blessed to find a good partner and friend. Every day do a reset and try to keep what special things you have.
Thank you for the positivity Martin!:)
Wow.. unique Thai Culture wedding I love it,Jimmy and Tah when you wil comeback to the philippines?
Hi Rowena ! Now we try so hard to work and save money for the next trip ! We will definitely go back to ph again and will let you know about the date, we always update this stuff on facebook, add us there !!:D
Thank you so much for creating this video. I recently spent 3 weeks in Thailand and have done a lot of research, but you showed me some things today that helped clarify some of the questions I still had.
So cool! Really happy we could help!:)
Looking good Tah...
Thank you !!!!:D
CONGRATULATIONS!! NEWLY WED!!!
Such a great wedding!
Jimmy better start saving that Dowry, I saw you contemplating it...lol!
Hahahahahahah
What a wonderful and well put together vid on a Thai wedding. This video is a must watch for People from other cultures who wish to be included in the thai culture or any SEA country . Many of the practices here are the same in Vietnam. As a westerner, it is important to smile, be patient, have a positive attitude and role with what ever is happening. Her family will be concerned with your haveing a good time and making sure food you like will be available. (And please, do not talk about funerals on the way to a wedding.....)
May I ask... do the guests give lucky money to the bride and groom?
I just love you guys..stay blessed..happy life..
Thank you so much!
Financial stability is a great start. Some marriages don't last because of financial problems, so ensuring understanding of the need to be financially stable can do no harm.
Jimmy, you're living a dream being accepted by another culture, no need to bring up Disney movies. You are living in the real world with people who are embracing you, embrace this reality.
This is so true! Its just the only thing i could think of that would relate to it!
No dowry should be illegal, Indians are killed over it
I got married. No wedding no dowry. We still live the best couple life. A family that 2 of us can build it with our own hands. Btw I’m thai 😊 his father even asked us if we want a wedding on the white sand beach. We said no. We know the value ou the money. :)
Thats beautiful! Congrats on your marriage we wish you guys nothing but happiness!
Oh wow, in India dowry is expected from the girl's family.
in india many girls dont ask for her share in real estate of her parents and whole property goes to son... so taking this thing into consideration parents give gift/dowry to her when she get married.
asking for share in property looks rude according to indian culture hence they do such things and indirectly gives her share in this way.....also son and his wife takes care of son's parents for whole life so they get a little more share than daughter. girls goes to her home where son and parents livr together and they gives her lots of gifts and jewellery, new clothes during diwali festival and in Summer vacations. This is the common in India which keeps brother sister bond strong even after marriage and builds good relation between two families.
Jimmy, you are the kind of American who I wish there were more of in Thailand (and the Philippines.)
Did I hear or read you’re a US Army veteran? Same here, if so.
God bless you and your beautiful lady. You’re a great couple.
Great vblog, were you able to find out how much was the sin sod and how much did the wedding cost? Who foot the wedding cost? A very nice and extravagant wedding showing wealth, prosperity, power, and face which is very important to Asian society and culture. A friend told me that in the U.S. the bride family pay for the wedding which cost $20-30K...dang!
So beautiful wedding!
It really was!
The costume that you're wear its looks like Indonesian too. I loved so much for Thai culture. Thanks
"I feel like I'm in the Jungle Book"....uhh that was based in India "I feel like im in Aladdin".....pretty sure that was based in Middle East.
Kids lol
hahahahahhahahahahha Ahhh ok i was going off the way characters dressed
I heard that Aladdin was inspired by the city of Agra,the place where Taj Mahal is located.
I don't no if its true though.
@@noname13years62 No, the original story is based in Baghdad, Iraq. Hence the title 'The thief of Baghdad'.
Who cares
😂
Mom, Tah and Jimmy looks good! :D
Thank you Ro ! Mom would be so happy seeing your comment 😂😂😂
Tah looked very pretty. And jimmy is a good sport for putting on socks. Hahaha
Hahah thanks Kevin ! Struggle is real for jimmy to put on the sock !😂😂
She sounds so adorable when she speaks thai
Aww thank you so much :D
awesome 👍
Thank you so much!
Beautiful couple💕
Thank you so so much!
Such a swweeeeet vlog, same scene with "crazy rich asian" hehehehe
hahaha this is the version of crazy broke Asian ! lol
hahaha thats what tah kept saying!
Aladdin and Ta that was great, I bet the food was amazing
hahahah you caught us ! we did not film much about food in the wedding tho :D
Well, hope to see you both getting married soon. 😊
Hahahahaha not soon tho but we will eventually 😂😂😂😂
+Divert Living 😀 Cant wait..
Have a long and happy life both.
thank you David !:D
I Love it - we are also trying to get Married in Bankok - any Paralegal you can point us to? if would really help
Dennis here from Virginia USA
Hey there! Maybe I can help you on that, I’m Thai-Korean but were born and mostly lived in Thailand!
@@hahahaneull we just got of with Siam Legal they said there is still no 🏳️🌈 marriage there
@@dennismichaelhona Oh, I’m so sorry for that.... Anyway, due to the situation in Thailand right now, I don’t recommend you to come here soon. It’s not really safe at all....
Don't do it lol.
Awesome mini Tah and Jimmy it was very informative. Keep up with the great work :)
Thank you!
thank you
Thank you!
@@DivertLiving its really good to see a thai wedding ceremony i like to learn about the ways of other people
When would world realize marriage is not a show off it's something Devine
Shweta Singh it's both you should show off Devine things.
When he said "Why do I need to wear socks?" it reminds me of how I feel about 50% of the time in Thailand: Confused.
Jimmy, that was a beautiful video. You looked like a deer in the headlights in most of your shots.
hahah Tah kills it with the editing and i was a deer in the headlights hahaha
I’m Thai .. dowry in Thailand can mean a lot of things . We give dowry because a lot of things .. first to prove the financial status of the groom that can really take care of her daughter and most of the bride family will give it to the groom and bride to start a new family ... and normally the groom and bride ‘s family with settle how much the Dowry before they plan the wedding ..so it can be little or lots of money land or jewelry depends on how rich the groom and bride ‘s family ... a lot of bride families also dun take the dowry .. it ‘s depend on how they settle it but normally dowry is a important part of a tradition
Ahh yes i understand
Wow so if your not rich basically you can't get married.
@@brittainelyles2606 Basically. In modern times you don't need that much $$$ to start out a marriage. Both people are usually working and not buying into "FACE" aka "Keeping up with the Joneses" will save you lots in the long run. To Thai families "FACE" is their culture. To call it stupid is to insult "muh traditions" no matter how factual it is.
Got Married last year a great experience, simple wedding not Hiso Everyone happy. We live a great life together.
So awesome! Congrats!
Tah you have a classy mother and best to you both my ,favourite couple.
Thank you Garry !!:D
A very beautiful wedding. I am guessing this is mostly by custom rather than a Buddhist ceremony. I know in our temple the wedding ceremony was taken from a wedding where the Buddha was in attendance. It is not used in Japan or other Asian countries. The colors are amazing.
Ahh we really love it!
One important thing that you should keep in mind when discussing Thai dowry is that its amount is based on your Thai fiancee’s status, education, occupation and other related social background information (such as her virginity). An average middle-class, university-educated Thai lady deserves a dowry of 100,000- 300,000 baht. A dowry of a million baht for an uneducated lady of modest means is just ridiculous. Thai dowry prices fall drastically if your bride-to-be has been previously married, already has children, or is not a virgin anymore. In fact in most of these instances, no dowry deserves to be paid.
Thai dowry, however, is usually symbolic in nature and will normally be returned to the married couple after the wedding, so as to help them start on their new life.
AAAAH, the 500 year old tradition of tying a pink bow around a cars wing mirror, i remember now :-)
Its so cute! - Jimmy hahah
Likely before it was a horse.
Thai people also do Namaste!!! wow thats learning for me. Also the dowry part thats same in India
I have stay at Crystal Hotel 2 years ago when I went to Hatyai hahaha
Really!? How did you like it?
I like it since its free... hahaha
Is it easy to get multiple single entry tourist visas?
Ahhh i have only ever done single entry tourist visa sorry
Divert Living sorry that what I meant. Easy enough to get another single entry tourist visa after you’ve used the 60 days and 30 day extension??
Do the bride family return all the dowry or just half? I just gave 33k usd dowry.
But the sun seed depend on different standard of family right? What if you are a non rich foreigner and married a Thai girl how much to you need to give??
Ahh yea its an amount the family agree upon
@@DivertLiving ahh ok that's good then 😉
If she's not a virgin technically you don't have to pay the sin sod.
Get ur dowry ready bro 😊
GOT IT!
Does the dowry amount differ if it's local vs a foreigner husband?
Im not sure! I dont think so!
Not really but maybe on the families involved like anywhere on the planet.
Great video but I need to ask something: the dowry is usually more expensive for foreigners or the same amount is asked to thai people?
Most of the time Dowry is depend on the quality of the wife like if the girl has kids, from what i heard, the dowry is way less.
So many parts are similar to the Indian culture!!😍