Are tourists or their staff at risk of bride kidnapping in the Kazakh parts of Mongolia?
I'm thinking of visiting the Kazakh parts of Mongolia, so that I can attend some kind of eagle festival, as the events there sound more interesting than those in a standard Mongol naadam.
However, I've heard about non-consensual bride kidnapping happening in that part of Mongolia. Are tourists, or staff they hire, possibly from other parts of Mongolia, such as translators or drivers at risk of being the target of non-consensual bride kidnapping?
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Where is bride kidnapping practiced?
Bride kidnapping is common in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the Caucasus and Central Asia. In rural Kyrgyzstan, where over 60% of the country's population lives, surveys suggests 1 in 3 marriages begins with a kidnapping.Why are brides kidnapped?
Bride kidnapping is often (but not always) a form of child marriage. It may be connected to the practice of bride price, wealth paid by the groom and his family to the bride's parents, and the inability or unwillingness to pay it.Is bride kidnapping a tradition in Kyrgyzstan?
Bride kidnapping is socially accepted as a Kyrgyz tradition, although non-consensual bride kidnapping does not appear to have been common before the early 20th century and the practice has been illegal in Kyrgyzstan since1994.What is wife stealing?
If a man successfully steals a wife without being caught, the man automatically becomes her husband and the union is accepted. The tribe is a polygamous one hence the wife stealing is widely accepted.Bride Kidnapping and Virginity test in Central Asia
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