marriage by capture; bride abduction
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marriage by capture; bride abduction; marriage by snatching
technicalAn anthropological term referring to a historical marriage practice in which the bride is forcibly captured or abducted by the groom or his group. Once common in some primitive societies and certain ethnic minorities.
Zài在
mǒu某
xiē些
shǎo少
shù数
mín民
zú族
dì地
qū区
，
qiǎng抢
hūn婚
céng曾
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
gǔ古
lǎo老
de的
hūn婚
sú俗
。
In some minority regions, marriage by capture was once an ancient marriage custom.
Rén人
lèi类
xué学
jiā家
yán研
jiū究
le了
yuán原
shǐ始
bù部
luò落
de的
qiǎng抢
hūn婚
yí仪
shì式
。
Anthropologists studied the bride abduction rituals of primitive tribes.
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Qiǎng抢
hūn婚
yǔ与
mǎi买
mài卖
hūn婚
、
jiāo交
huàn换
hūn婚
dōu都
shì是
yuán原
shǐ始
hūn婚
yīn姻
de的
bù不
tóng同
xíng形
shì式
。
Marriage by capture, marriage by purchase, and exchange marriage are all different forms of primitive marriage.