Bride kidnapping Dungan Way (as "learned" from Kyrgyz)

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Uploaded by on Sep 6, 2010

RFE/RL's Azattyk video, in Kyrgyz., 2009. English summary see bellow.

Айша Шисыр Бишкектин жанындагы айылдардын биринде жашайт. Өзүн күйөөсү ала качып алган, баласы да болочок аялын "уурдап" келген. Таенеси кыргыз, ата-энеси дунган Айша бул "салт" дунгандарга кыргыздан "жуккан" деп эсептейт. Бул тууралуу макала: http://origin.azattyk.org/content/Kyrgyzstan_kidnapped/1829467.html

SUMMARY: Aisha Shisyr, from a village near Bishkek, was kidnapped by her future husband when she was still at secondary school, and her son had kidnapped his future wife. Herself of mixed Dungan and Kyrgyz background, Aisha believes the "tradition" of stealing women for marriage is "learned" from the majority Kyrgyz.

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