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Price of marriage pushes land out of reach in Sri Lanka

Price of marriage pushes land out of reach in Sri Lanka

SHIHAR ANEEZ IT was another day of agony for Rizeena, as she waited with her family at their home in eastern Sri Lanka to meet yet another potential husband for her sister - the 46th time they have tried to find someone to marry her in the past decade. Most of these meetings last only a few minutes before Rizeena's parents have to explain that they cannot afford to give her 35-year-old sister Fathima a house in their hometown of Sainthamaruthu, 350km (217 miles) from the capital Colombo. "The first question bridegrooms' families ask is if (she) will be given…
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