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Tradition.

Originally the practice started because women were, in many ancient societies, considered "property." The father (the previous owner) was "giving" her to the groom (the new owner) (actually, when you lump in the old tradition of a "bride price", it was more like he was selling her to the groom).

We mostly don't think of women like that today, but the tradition remains.

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