In the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan the practice of bride kidnapping has seen a big revival in recent times. It is a practice with ancient roots, but many people find it repugnant, and are keen to do something about it. Segment 1 (10:18 min)
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on Feb 22nd, 2009 at 5:53 am
Sadly, like religion sometimes, tradition can prevent a society from moving forward and embrace positive changes. In some cases (certainly it seems so to me here) tradition is used as a veil hiding some deep-rooted chauvinistic inclination.
on Feb 23rd, 2009 at 10:26 am
Oh yes, traditions and religion… as well as politics, when used against humans, which is often the case, holds us all back as a species. We are living in a time where it seems we can see a lot of the old paradigm that longer serve people and communities but are so ingrained that many cannot imagine a change. It is sad…