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    Ala kachuu (Kyrgyz: ала качуу) is a form of bride kidnapping practiced in Kyrgyzstan. The term can apply to a variety of actions, ranging from a consensual...
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  • Ala Kachuu – Take and Run is a 2020 Swiss short film directed by Maria Brendle and produced by Nadine Lüchinger and Flavio Gerber, Filmgerberei. The film...
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    to 10 years, in many primarily rural areas, bride kidnapping, known as ala kachuu (to take and flee), is an accepted and common way of taking a wife. The...
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  • marry. In 2004, Peter Lom made a documentary called Ala Kachuu (trans. as Bride Kidnapping). Ala kachuu, a similar practice in Kyrgyzstan Miłkowski K. M...
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  • screenwriter based in Zurich. In 2020, she wrote and directed the film Ala Kachuu – Take and Run for which she received a nomination for the Best Live Action...
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  • is arguably dhabargaraac, a bridenapping practise which is similar to Ala kachuu in Kyrgyzstan. The terms shukaansi and haasaawe have overlapping meanings...
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    Need of Urgent Safeguarding. Other textiles, especially made from felt Ala kachuu, "bride kidnapping", traditional form of marriage in Kyrgyzstan Falconry...
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  • Swiss film producer based in Zurich. She has been nominated for her film Ala Kachuu – Take and Run for the Best Live Action Short Film at the 94th Academy...
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  • Live Action Short Film The Long Goodbye – Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed‡ Ala Kachuu – Take and Run – Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger The Dress – Tadeusz...
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    (abducting women and girls for forced marriage). Bride kidnapping, known as ala kachuu (to take and flee), girls as young as 12 years old are kidnapped for forced...
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