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EPISODE · Feb 3, 2025

From elders to algorithms: How matchmaking is keeping love blossoming across the Pacific

from Culture Compass · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A proposal of marriage has changed so much over the years. For our ancestors relationships were often seen as political alliances, binding certain families or clans together. At the centre of all this was a village matchmaker.

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