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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 wedding. How Australian farm work nudges up Timor's marriage rateDili'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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