1940s: (The Coffee Economy and Marriage Seasons — the Financial Resources That Came from Harvest Season Moving Between the Rural and Urban Areas and Governed…

1940s: (The Coffee Economy and Marriage Seasons — the Financial Resources That Came from Harvest Season Moving Between the Rural and Urban Areas and Governed by the Agricultural Seasons, Although Coffee Could Not Be Legally Sold in Small Markets and Was Strictly Regulated by Government and National Processing Companies the Success or Failure of the Mass-Produced Crop Informing the Economic Stability of Rural Markets — This Seasonal Economic Surplus Also Meaning More Resources to Spend on Weddings, Long-Term Unions Being a Part of Many Women’s Lives): The financial resources that came from harvest season moved between the rural and urban areas and were governed by the agricultural seasons. Although coffee could not be legally sold in small markets and was strictly regulated by government and national processing companies, the success or failure of the mass-produced crop informed the economic stability of rural markets, which depended on the economic surplus of the coffee industry to purchase other goods. This seasonal economic surplus also meant more resources to spend on weddings. Long-term unions were a part of many women’s lives — the economy dictated the wedding season, the wedding season dictated the flow of wealth between rural and urban, and the women who walked between both carried the surplus in their bodies and their bundles.