More than half of Kyrgyzstan's married women were snatched from the street by their husbands in a custom that is known as "ala kachuu," which translates roughly as "grab and run."
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Recent surveys suggest that the rate of abductions has grown steadily over the past 50 years and that currently at least a third of Kyrgyzstan brides are taken against their will.
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Families use force to keep the women from leaving or threaten the young women with curses that still have a powerful impact in this deeply superstitious land. Some families put bread on their doorstep to prevent an abducted bride from fleeing or an elderly woman of the family will lie across the threshold: stepping over either will supposedly bring a lifetime of bad luck.
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