Bride kidnapping, also known as marriage by abduction or marriage by capture, is a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry. Bride kidnapping has been practiced around the world and throughout history. It continues to occur in countries in Central Asia, the Caucasus region, and parts of Africa, and among peoples as diverse as the Hmong in Southeast Asia, the Tzeltal in Mexico, and the Romani in Europe
In most nations, bride kidnapping is considered a sex crime rather than a valid form of marriage. Some types of it may also be seen as falling along the continuum between forced marriage and arranged marriage. The term is sometimes used to include not only abductions, but also elopements, in which a couple runs away together and seeks the consent of their parents later; these may be referred to as non-consensual and consensual abductions respectively. However, even when the practice is against the law, judicial enforcement remains lax in some areas, such as Moldova, Kyrgyzstan and Chechnya.
Despite its illegality,in many primarily rural areas, bride kidnapping known as ala kachuu (to take and flee), is an accepted and common way of taking a wife.Approximately half of all Kyrgyz marriages include bride kidnapping; of those kidnappings, two thirds are non-consensual.Research by non-governmental organizations give estimates from a low of 40% between 68 and 75 percent of all marriages in Kyrgyzstan involved bride kidnapping.
Russell Kleinbach, originator of the Kyz Korgon Institute, a non-legislative association that attempts to abrogate lady of the hour grabbing, contends that the training has never been a piece of Kyrgyz custom. "The primary hotspot for Kyrgyz traditions is the national epic, Manas. Be that as it may, in the event that you read the whole Manas, no place in it does the saint capture his better half or even reference the training. As a matter of fact, as indicated by our exploration, we think the act of lady of the hour capturing began in the nineteenth century and didn't end up prominent until the 50s, when Kyrgyzstan was a piece of the Soviet Union. What I advise individuals when I go out to the farmland to instruct them about lady of the hour hijacking is 'It's unlawful, it's against Islam, and it's not in Manas.
Not exclusively are its historical antecedents entirely questionable, kidnapping has turned into a genuine risk to the nation's ladies says Kleinbeck. "Spousal mishandle is higher in seized relational unions, the separation rate is higher in abducted relational unions, and suicide rates are higher."
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