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Santiago Stelley

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

  • Documentary
RELEASE

2011-12-08

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

34 min

Description

In the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan, tradition is king. Polo's still played with a freshly killed goat and the men still marry their women the old-fashioned way: by abducting them off the street and forcing them to be their wife. Bride kidnapping is a supposedly ancient custom that's made a major comeback since the fall of Communism and now accounts for nearly half of all marriages in some parts.