Any couple appearing before a mullah with a request for a religious wedding ceremony would have to have the appropriate forms documenting their civil union. Zhumalieva spokes with RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz ...

Dinara takes a break from her housework in the kitchen during her wedding party. Noriko Hayashi/Panos This elderly Kyrgyz couple got married by kidnapping in September of 1954. Eshen, 83 ...

A wedding in a divided village on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border has highlighted the challenges caused by an ongoing dispute between the two Central Asian nations. The ceremony was held in Kyrgyzstan but ...

A group of journalists and bloggers from Kyrgyzstan recently visited the village of Kosh-Agach, bordering Mongolia, to observe a traditional wedding ceremony, referred to as a "Golden Wedding." ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Wedding ceremonies in the mountainous Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan traditionally are accompanied by folk songs and, increasingly, Russian pop music — but these ...

Don't mention anything about bride kidnapping yet! Next, explain to students that you want to invite them to a Kyrgyzstan wedding, then show them the video "Kyrgyzstan: The Kidnapped Bride" (about ...

Back home, the wedding was already prepared. I couldn’t return empty-handed.” Researchers and rights groups say such stories are not uncommon in Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian country of about ...

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