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Bride kidnapping that may occur after parents forbid marriage out of fear for their daughter's social reputation; Bride kidnapping as an alternative path to marriage for couples unable to pay for a typical wedding. In Buraku of Kochi, there was the custom of bride kidnapping named katagu (かたぐ). [87] [88]
A major issue is of course the question how often this happens. A recent victimization survey in Kyrgyzstan (2015) included the crime of kidnapping of young women for marriage. 14% of married women answered that they were kidnapped at the time and that two thirds of these cases were consensual, the woman knew the man and had agreed with it up front.
Bride kidnapping is distinguished from raptio in that the former refers to the abduction of one woman by one man (and his friends and relatives), and is still a widespread practice, whereas the latter refers to the large scale abduction of women by groups of men, possibly in a time of war.
In Merariq, the practice involves the symbolic "elopement" of the bride and groom, where the bride is taken (or "kidnapped") to the groom's house.However, this is often consensual and part of an established cultural norm, with both the bride and groom's families typically aware of and involved in the process.
“Ala Kachuu - Take and Run,” a film about bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan, is nominated for best live-action short at this year’s Academy Awards. Oscar-nominated short captures stories of men ...
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Bride kidnapping (Kazakh: Kyz alyp qashu) is a cultural practice in Kazakhstan, involving the kidnapping of a woman, in order to force the woman to marry the kidnapper. Such kidnapping is divided into two types: kidnapping without the consent of the woman (kelisimsiz alyp qashu) and voluntary kidnapping (kelissimmen alyp qashu).
Set in the north of her homeland, Vietnam, Ha Le Diem’s IDFA competition entry “Children of the Mist” follows 12-year-old Di from the Hmong ethnic minority, living in the mountains and ...