Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

7
2011-12-08 | 34 min
Documentary

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.

WatchAdd to Watchlist

Cast

image

Thomas Morton

Host

More like this

image
image
image
image
image
image
image
image
image
image
image
image
image
image
image
image
image
image
image
image