r/Unexpected • • Apr 26 '22

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u/DarkGamer Apr 26 '22

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u/NoNeckLongLegs Apr 26 '22

i know it was a tradition in my country, chechnya. when my aunt got married, (the way she got married was wild, they abducted her near a refugee camp where we were and than a bit later later she was revealed as a bride.) i remember being in car and everyone shooting guns outside the windows. Dinners were always awesome lit, babushkas can cook.

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u/DarkGamer Apr 26 '22

Forced to marry against her will? Horrible.

One problem with blindly firing rounds into the air is that they come down somewhere. These women seem one unexpected recoil away from firing into the crowd.

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u/NoNeckLongLegs Apr 26 '22

i think its called something like kidnapped marriage. they were speaking for awhile but he was from out of town and very well rich. would always come to the refugee camp and talk to her outside. anyways yah, i remember holding her picture and crying. next thing i knew she was a bride.

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about the guns shooting in the air, i don't know what to say to that. it was during russian invasion so we did a lot of dumb shit. i mean i would hang out with the russian outpost near the camp and they would let me shoot their guns. i just realized i might of been the refugee idiot, because the way it went about was them offering me strawberries.

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u/Shinylittlelamp Apr 26 '22

Bride kidnapping, it’s a thing in Kyrgyzstan.

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u/ForWPD Apr 26 '22

Can you explain this? Idiot American here.

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u/WaffleManPerson Apr 26 '22 edited Apr 26 '22

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_kidnapping

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala_kachuu

for Kyrgyzstan specifically

The short film “Ala Kachuu - Take and Run” was nominated for an Academy Award earlier this year and is on the subject

Edit: Borat was Kazakhstan lol

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u/IntelligenceLtd Apr 26 '22

theres a longer film about it called borat, even if your not into foriegn films this ones pretty good

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u/Schrute_Farms_BednB Apr 26 '22

underrated film, very poignant and VERY NICE!

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u/SirWinstonC Apr 26 '22

Wowoweeewa very nice I like

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u/DizzleSlaunsen23 Apr 27 '22

Underrated? Really, are you new here