Eldorado 55,386 #1 Posted July 23, 2020 "Bride kidnapping, or kawin tangkap, is a controversial practice in Sumba with disputed origins which sees women taken by force by family members or friends of men who want to marry them. "Despite long-standing calls for it to be banned by women's rights groups, it continues to be carried out in certain parts of Sumba, a remote Indonesian island east of Bali. "But after two bride kidnappings were captured on video and widely shared on social media, the central government is now calling for it to end." Full report at the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-53418099 Bride Kidnapping: Wikipedia 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OverSword 55,155 #2 Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) Wow! It's still the year 1000 in some places. A friend from Lao told me that in his country if you want a girl you follow her around until her father yells at you and then you ask to marry her. Edited July 23, 2020 by OverSword 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Old Man 1,007 #3 Posted July 26, 2020 On 7/24/2020 at 4:48 AM, OverSword said: Wow! It's still the year 1000 in some places. A friend from Lao told me that in his country if you want a girl you follow her around until her father yells at you and then you ask to marry her. culture is so diverse... It hard to imagine it in ROK where woman right is very strong. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
