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I can't believe this happens today.
5-Part series of 6-minute documentary new stories.
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http://www.vice.com/vice-news/bride-kidnapping-in-kyrgyzstan-part-1
It's not entirely kidnapping like we think of it.
It's almost like an extreme example of playing hard to get that just got carried away over the generations.
In the example documented the boy and girl were dating and the families knew.
In their culture if he proposes and she says yes, she will appear desperate, so she says No even if she wants to say Yes, hence the kidnapping.
The boy and his friends kidnapping the girl is an old tradition and the police look the other way when they are told it is for a wedding.
Even though it is a cultural tradition (which I try to respect) it is extremely upsetting to watch the girl struggle when she is dragged into the backseat of a car full of boys and carried off.
Astonishing how cultures are different.
You really have to watch the videos.
5-Part series of 6-minute documentary new stories.
You can skip the ads shortly after they start.
http://www.vice.com/vice-news/bride-kidnapping-in-kyrgyzstan-part-1
It's not entirely kidnapping like we think of it.
It's almost like an extreme example of playing hard to get that just got carried away over the generations.
In the example documented the boy and girl were dating and the families knew.
In their culture if he proposes and she says yes, she will appear desperate, so she says No even if she wants to say Yes, hence the kidnapping.
The boy and his friends kidnapping the girl is an old tradition and the police look the other way when they are told it is for a wedding.
Even though it is a cultural tradition (which I try to respect) it is extremely upsetting to watch the girl struggle when she is dragged into the backseat of a car full of boys and carried off.
Astonishing how cultures are different.
You really have to watch the videos.
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