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| APRIL 1992 The Turkmen wedding ritual symbolically recapitulates ancient tales of bride kidnappings. Here, in Ashkabad, Turkmenistan, the groom’s female relatives are leading the bride into the groom’s house. They will sequester her and give her gifts until the wedding. Gifts may well include a rug woven by one of the women.
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