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Stolen bride Kyrgyzstan
In Kyrgyzstan, nearly two-thirds of all marriages are the result ala kachuu ("grab and run"), or the abduction of the bride.Around 15,000 women a year are victims of kidnapping their future husbands. Though this tradition since 1994 is illegal, she also widely practiced and the authorities often close their eyes. Of course, some abductions are staged, but it is known that most of them come against the will of the bride herself.
1. Tyhchykbek 26-year-old relatives are trying to persuade 20-year-old Farida to marry him. "I promise that you will be happy in the future, so please marry me" - he says. She replies: "How could you kidnap me? You know that I have a boyfriend. Even if I marry you, love between us will not. "
2. Mayramgul, 19-year-old resident of a Kyrgyz village Aqsa, whose name her parents asked not to be identified in the media only recently recovered from a broken leg and mental turmoil. Girl got injured while trying to escape from three drunken men, pursuing its rural street car, says Kyrgyz human rights activist Ilya Lukash.
Having driven the victim to the angle between the houses, the driver hit her, then Mayramgul dragged into a car and taken to the home of her future husband, whom she had seen for the first time. That same night, she escaped through the window and walked with a fracture of about 10 km, returned home.
3. Village older generation at the table during the wedding.
"Similar images resembling the Middle Ages - routine for modern Kyrgyzstan. For example, you go in the bus - saw a pretty girl - says Lukasz. - You call your friends: "I had noticed I'm a girl, I want to steal it." When a lady out of the bus, grab it publicly, and no one responds. "
4. 20-year-old Farida fights Tyhchykbekom who dragged her into a car with a friend to kidnap and force her family to give her to him. "I'll marry you. Just let me go now, "- she yells.
80% of female prisoners are forced to leave men marry them, and only a few manage to escape from captivity. According to the Kyrgyz human rights organization Open line, one-fifth of brides attackers steal just for fun.
5. Aytilek 18-year-old in a white headscarf. It is a symbol that she succumbed to her kidnapper's request to become his wife. Man kidnapped her the next day after meeting in Bishkek.
However, according to the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry, in the last 12 years, the police were only 159 facts of abduction of girls, and, according to police statistics, the criminal case is initiated only in one of the 700 cases.
6. Aytilek 18-year-old and her husband Baktiyaf who stole it the next day after meeting in Bishkek.
Scanty statistics can be easily explained: the majority of victims and their parents perceive wild escapade as the folk tradition, not a crime, and in no hurry to turn to law enforcement.
7. One of the yurts during the wedding ceremony.
8. 22-year-old newlywed Dinara in a headscarf - a symbol of marriage. Dinara kidnapped Achmat, who wanted to marry her. 5:00 she denied it, but then agreed. "I do not know very well and Ahmad did not want to stay here," - says Dinara.
9. On the next day after Dinara accepted the offer Achmat Achmat relatives gathered to pray for a wedding at her family's home.
10. Relatives and friends Dinars help her put a veil on your wedding day.
K ala kachuu - tradition of stealing the bride - in the old days in Kyrgyzstan resorted mostly poor young people - those who were unable to pay the bride-price, ie ransom the bride's parents, historians tell. Another category - grooms have influential relatives, but want to marry a girl from a poor class. Kidnapping was a way to give form of legalized marriage relationship.
11. Dinara Achmat and pray at the wedding.
Both rite looked quite decent and even beautiful: the bride dressed up in best dress, she had to go out to meet the bridegroom itself - for example water to the creek, where she was waiting Kunakov groom. Parents of both parties knew in advance about the upcoming ceremony.
12. The morning before the wedding, 24-year-old Ahmad - groom - dragging sheep, prepared especially for the occasion."I was looking for the right woman for a year and have been in many places, but have not found the most. I saw Dinara 10 days before kidnapped in the bazaar. Then the thought that I wanted to marry her. "
In Soviet times, the custom of forgotten, but with the collapse of the USSR and the awakening of the national spirit ritual again came into use, albeit in a distorted form. However, the interlayer Kyrgyz engaged in hunting for women, remained the same - it's usually not rich people, emphasize local human rights activists.
13. Mama (seated right), sister (center) and male (left) Urus Kasimbay mourn over her grave. Urus committed suicide after being kidnapped her Seitbek Imonakunov. He was sentenced to six years in prison for the abduction and rape of a girl.
14. Figure couple in traditional Kyrgyz costumes.
large mass of young people who are neither in school nor employed, concentrated in rural areas - both in the mountains and around the major cities. Many have small homes, but they live only by their household plots. A wife for this marginal contingent only means to get a free pair of hands.
15. History teacher in high school 24-year-old Ahmad Kasimbaev (right) and his friends devise a plan to kidnap a 22-year-old Dinara on the way to her house.
spring girls leave school and families already look for potential suitors who will graze cattle and do housework, says Rima Sultanov, monitoring specialist Kyrgyz Center for Women.
16. 20-year-old Farida next to his brother, who had come to save her family from the man who kidnapped her on the street Naryn.
"If my sister wants to stay here, I'm not going to stop her. But look at her, she cries and says she wants to leave. So I'll take her home "- so this young man turned to the relatives of the groom failed. In the end, he managed to pick up his sister with him.
17. Relatives of a 26-year wait for it Tyhchykbeka yurt after he kidnapped student Farid, which intends to marry. Before you steal, he met the girl twice. Older sister convinced Tyhchykbeka Farid marry him while they were in the car, where Farid dragged by force.
18. Relatives of 26-year-old Farid Tyhchykbeka lead into the tent after the abduction.
19. The eldest cousin of the groom is trying to convince 20-year-old Farid marry him.
20. Cholpon 18-year-old sitting behind a curtain in expectation of the guests at the wedding. Two days earlier, kidnapped her Aman. Cholpon Haman saw before, but they never even talked.
"When they brought me here, I refused to 6:00. But Kyrgyz woman, if you entered the house of a man roughly away, besides, the older women tried to persuade me to stay. Our tradition - to respect their elders. So I eventually gave up. "
21. Cholpon 18-year-old and her future husband Aman pray during a wedding ceremony.
22. Cholpon 18-year-old in their new home - the home of her new husband Aman.
23. Newlyweds Cholpon and Haman.
24. 22-year-old Dinara opposes that older cousin man who kidnapped her, trying to put on a female white handkerchief.Shawl denotes that she gave up and ready to get married. After 3 hours, she finally gave up and called his parents to say that he would remain with Ahmad. The same evening Dinara returned to his home. The next day, Ahmad gave her a ring and again brought to his house.
25. Newlyweds Dinara Ahmad and having fun in her room in the first week of life together.
26. Dinara break from homework in the kitchen in the first week of family life with Ahmad.
27. Bride Dinara in her husband's house.
28. 26-year-old Elvira Kasymova with my 2 year old daughter Adinay. Because of domestic violence, she left her husband's home Azamat and now lives with his parents. Azamat taxi driver kidnapped her in 2004. He brought the girl to his home and forcibly held her there, leading to marriage. Kasymova says that her fiance persuaded to stay with relatives and Azamat. On leaving the house, they sprinkled bread crust - the tradition which has come on bread brings a curse.
29. The oldest couple in the town of Salou. 83-year-old and his Eschen 82-year-old wife Turzun. Eschen Turzun kidnapped in September 1954. "We do not like the modern way of bride kidnapping - they say. - We knew each other and exchanged letters with declarations of love before the abduction. Now young people are simply abducted girls, and it is not our tradition. Today's non-consensual kidnapping - just a fashion trick. "
30. Judge Sabir Sudanbekov checks documents at the hearing.
Meanwhile, the Kyrgyz Criminal Code provides for even a separate article for the abduction of women for marriage against her will. Until recently, she assumed a maximum sentence - three years imprisonment. Since 2013th period increased to seven years, and if the victim is a minor, - up to ten years. However, as before, and now kidnappers brides rarely fall behind bars.
31. Accused 34-year-old Seitbek Imonakunov. He kidnapped Kasymbay Urus, and although two days after that, the family took her back, she hanged herself in the yard the next morning. Seytbekov sentenced to six years in prison for kidnapping and rape.
32. Dinarkul holding a photograph of his 19-year-old daughter Kasymbay Urus, who committed suicide after she was kidnapped. Urus studied at the journalist, and she had a boyfriend, whom she wanted to marry. Kidnapped her 34-year-old stranger, but two days later her relatives were able to free her. Yet the next day the girl committed suicide. "My daughter was very smart and fun. I am against bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan ", - says her mother
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Post time 12-7-2014 01:03 PM
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Post time 12-7-2014 09:11 PM
