Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan
MovieTitle | Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan |
User score | 7 |
Release date | Dec 8, 2011 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Santiago Stelley |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | VICE Media |
Run time | 34 min. |
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.