Marriage market

{{Short description|Public place with marriage advertisements}}

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A marriage market is a public place where parents list advertisements for their children with the aim of finding a marital spouse for them.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/business/in-a-changing-china-new-matchmaking-markets.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | title=The Price of Marriage in China | newspaper=The New York Times | date=March 9, 2013 | accessdate=May 13, 2013 | author=Larmer, Brook}} People then congregate there and read the listings, often in the hope of finding a marital match. Several marriage markets exist in China, such as Shanghai's marriage market at People's Square{{cite web | url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2013/04/201343113125739211.html | title=Finding a spouse in a Chinese marriage market | publisher=Al Jazeera | date=April 6, 2013 | accessdate=May 13, 2013 | author=Tacon, Dave}}{{cite news|last=Warner|first=David|title=Shanghai's marriage market: Bridal bliss or marital mayhem?|url=http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/play/sausage-fest-2020-future-shanghai-marriage-market-086672 |accessdate=May 13, 2013|newspaper=CNN Travel|date= February 11, 2010}} and at several parks and other public places in Beijing, such as shopping malls.

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Alternatively, a marriage market can involve the use of marriage brokers and marriage bureaus{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Stay-at-home-brides-rule-marriage-market/articleshow/16509787.cms | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629124155/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-23/pune/34039993_1_marriage-bureau-stay-at-home-status-work-timings | url-status=live | archive-date=June 29, 2013 | title=Stay-at-home brides rule marriage market | date=September 23, 2012 | newspaper=The Times of India | access-date=2013-05-13}} that are involved in matchmaking to unite people in marriage.{{cite news | url=http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/in-delhi-women-marry-up-and-men-are-left-behind/ | title=In New Delhi, Women Marry Up and Men Are Left Behind | newspaper=The New York Times | date=January 15, 2013 | accessdate=2013-05-13 | author=Trivedi, Anjani}} {{cite news | url=https://matchmaker.lk/wedding-photography-poses-checklist/ | title=Marriage markets in developing countries | newspaper=Match Maker | date=September 23, 2012 | accessdate=2013-05-13}} In October 2011, marriage markets in India involving the use of brokers were estimated to be a {{currency|250 billion|INR|passthrough=yes}} industry.{{cite news | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Luxury/The-new-business-of-marriage/Article1-762156.aspx | title=The (new) business of marriage | newspaper=Hindustan Times | date=October 28, 2011 | accessdate=2013-05-13 | author=Trivedi, Ira | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516053001/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Entertainment/Luxury/The-new-business-of-marriage/Article1-762156.aspx | archivedate=May 16, 2013 }} Marriage markets using brokers exists in New Delhi, India and in several other regions of India.