my mom gave my sisters saas- a gold set- and saari's and other clothes- and along with that 8,000 U.S. dollars-- i didnt get the part abt the money bc my sisters MIL sed "oh its a ritual in gujraati's-girl side gives money to guys mother (their gujraati muslim from bombay) so far i havent heard of anything like that- but were seedhe saadhey loag and it was the 1st wedding in our family so we gave it -- but i think my mom got robbed- it still pisses me off till today!