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(詳細はbride kidnapping still practised in Kyrgyzstan. The term can apply to a variety of actions, ranging from a consensual elopement to a non-consensual kidnapping,〔()〕 and to what extent it actually happens is controversial. Some sources suggest that currently at least a third of Kyrgyzstan's brides are taken against their will. ''Kyz ala kachuu'' ((キルギス語:кыз ала качуу)) means "to take a young woman and run away". The typical non-consensual variety involves the young man abducting a woman either by force or by guile, often accompanied by friends or male relatives. They take her to his family home, where she is kept in a room until the man's female relatives convince her to put on the scarf of a married woman as a sign of acceptance. Sometimes, if the woman resists the persuasion and maintains her wish to return home, her relatives try to convince her to agree to the marriage. The practice was allegedly suppressed during the Soviet period, but, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ''ala kachuu'' began to resurface. There are conflicting reports on whether it continues in the original way or not. Some sources state that the practice was originally a form of elopement, not a bride theft. Sometimes the kidnapping may be just a wedding formality, where the woman comes along willingly. Some people even consider it an honour to be kidnapped because it demonstrates that the woman is worthy of being a wife.〔()〕 Although bride-kidnapping is illegal in Kyrgyzstan, the government has been accused of not taking proper steps to protect women from this practice.〔()〕〔()〕 ==History== The history of bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan is under dispute. Russian and later USSR colonizing powers made the ancient practice of the nomads illegal, and so with the fall of the Soviet Union and the subsequent independence of the Central Asian nations, many have revived old customs as a way of asserting cultural identity.〔Human Rights Watch, ''Reconciled to Violence: State Failure to Stop Domestic Abuse and Abduction of Women in Kyrgyzstan, pp. 87-88, http://hrw.org/reports/2006/kyrgyzstan0906/kyrgyzstan0906webwcover.pdf; Handrahan, pp. 212-213.〕 Rejecting a kidnapping is often culturally unacceptable for women, and perceived as a rejection of the Kyrgyz cultural identity.〔Hanrahan, p. 222.〕 The practice is also associated with asserting masculinity.〔''International Human Rights Law and Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan'', http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav012400.shtml; Handrahan, p. 222.〕 Recent studies challenge the claims that bride kidnapping used to be prevalent. According to Kyrgyz historians, and Fulbright scholar Russell Kleinbach, whereas kidnappings were rare until Soviet times, the bride kidnapping tradition has dramatically increased in the 20th century.〔Russ Kleinbach & Lilly Salimjanova, ''Kyz ala kachuu and adat: Non-consensual bride kidnapping and tradition in Kyrgyzstan'', Central Asian Survey, (June 2007) 26:2, 217 - 233, at 230, ''available at'' http://faculty.philau.edu/kleinbachr/2007_study.htm.〕 The rise in bride kidnappings may be connected with difficulty in paying the required bride price (''kalym'').〔Aijan Rakhimdinova, ''Kyrgyz Bride Price Controversy'', Institute of War and Peace Reporting, Dec. 22, 2005, http://www.iwpr.net/?p=wpr&s=f&o=258820&apc_state=henpwpr〕 According to the United States Embassy, two American women were bride-kidnapped in rural Kyrgyzstan in 2007.〔Warden Message, United States Embassy, Kyrgyzstan, http://bishkek.usembassy.gov/december_10_2007.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ala kachuu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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