Changing times: 'Insane dowry budget' causes a stir online

Different ladies covered for the bridegroom to choose his bride during a traditional dowry payment ceremony.

Getting a woman to marry is slowly becoming a tall order for bachelors especially with the tough economic times and the exorbitant amounts asked for during dowry payment ceremonies popularly known as Ruracios.

If some of the figures being shared online are anything to go by, many young men will cuddle themselves to sleep for years to come.