Question 1: What does the practice of bride kidnapping tell us about Kyrgyzstan (Central Asian) culture?
Question 2: When and how did the bride kidnapping start? What is the difference between what we see now and how it was initially practiced?
Question 3: How do family want and needs affect the decisions that individuals make? What happens to the kidnapped brides who refuse to go along with the wedding?
Question 4: How is the bride's identity and future determined by the experience of being kidnapped?
Question 5: How might globalization and increased contact with other cultural groups impact the bride kidnapping ritual? Is it likely that this tradition will continue in the next generation? Why or why not?
Question 6: Why did some women support, and others reject the practice of bride kidnapping? Do kidnapped brides in Kyrgyzstan who accept the wedding scarf truly consent to the marriage? Why or why not?
Question 7: Should bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan be considered a human rights violation or a complex cultural tradition that Westerners simply don't understand?
Please explain more deeply, and answer all the questions that I have, thank you