BRIDE KIDNAPPING

NURUL ZAHIDAH BINTI HASSAN(PTM 130723907)

ZAHIDAH HUSNA BINTI ZULKIFLI(PTM 130723486)

INTRODUCTION

• A practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry

• Bride kidnapping has been practiced throughout history around the world and continues to occur until now

PRACTISED BY:

Kyrgyzstan Roma/Romani

KRYGYZSTAN….

KYRGYZSTAN

BRIDE KIDNAPPING

Ala Kachuu (to take and run

away)

HOW????

The bride is kept in a room until the groom’s family manage to persuade her to marry the groom

Take the bride to the groom’s house

The man (groom) abduct a woman (the bride)

If the bride reject the marriage, it is considered unacceptable for her and she will be perceived as

rejecting Kyrgyz cultural identity

Once she agrees, she will put on a white wedding scarf/jooluk as a sign of acceptance

If the bride refuses, her family and the groom’s family will pressurize her until she accept the marriage

WHY IT HAPPENS???

• Part of their culture in order to show masculinity

• Connected with difficulty in paying the required dowry

ROMANIAN….

CURRENT ROMANIAN WEDDING TRADITION

BRIDE KIDNAPPING

BRIDE-NAPPING

(Mock Kidnapping)

Bride is snatched under the nose of

groom and guest in the wedding party.

BRIDE-NAPPING

There Goes The Bride….

Couple got legally married at city hall in the morning, got to church

in the evening, then goes to the wedding party.

Bride is snatched during the wedding

party by the ‘kidnapper’. Usually

after midnight.

Bride is held hostage at Club, bowling center or

most frequently- Bucharest’s Arc of

Triumph.

‘Kidnapper’ negotiate for ransom from the godfather

(Before midnight) or the groom (After midnight). Presents bride’s shoe as

proof.

The godfather or the groom give the ransoms to the

‘kidnappers’

The bride is returned to the groom. The shoe is returned to

the bride.

Why?1) Part of their culture.2) To show women as important possessions for men and their family.3) To test the groom’s love for the bride.4) Usually are arranged beforehand to avoid awkwardness of being kidnap

twice or more.5) As story to retell their future descendants.

Bucharest’s Arc of Triumph?

A top football player rented Bucharest's Arch of Triumph and proposed there to his girlfriend.

No kidnapping was involved but the scene stuck in the popular imagination as a symbol of marriage – and soon the monument became a sort of midnight mecca for bride-napping.

WHY WE CHOOSE THIS CULTURE?

CONCLUSION