Financial contributions are
considered useful because most brides and grooms don't need 'start up'
presents. Many write poems in invitations asking for money.
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28 July 2014
PS
In the 1940/50s in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, presenting gold coins 1/4 or 1/2 Sovereigns to newly married couples was standard practice. Giving cash in sealed envelopes with the name of the donor is standard practice in Sri Lanka nowadays.
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