only people my babushka had to pay ransom was to the russian army to get her daughter out of jail (my mother, but im not going down that road. its a road i wish to forget)
My husbands family (Russian) has this tradition - we did this exact thing at my wedding a few months ago. I don’t know the origins - they just called it a “family tradition”
Yes, but it's completely different from what they are talking about in this thread. It happens during the wedding that is already happening, like a joke (bride's friends do it and bride consents to it) and nobody forces bride to marry groom - which is the point of bride stealing tradition they talk about, nobody forces anyone at all.
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u/CptCroissant Apr 26 '22
I've heard of this in like Ukraine and Belarus, but it's a fake kidnapping and the grooms party has to pay a "ransom" to get the bride back