2. Kidnap the Bride – Romania
Kidnapping the bride actually started in Romania centuries ago with gypsies (Romani) who practiced this ritual. It was basically a way to get around paying the bride’s parents to wed their daughter and required the man to successfully kidnap her and get her to stay for 3-5 days.
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As a take off on this old custom, modern Romanians are practising a newer version whereby the bride is kidnapped from under the nose of her groom and the guests and taken to a “holding spot”. Since it is a mock kidnap, the ransom comes in the form of a bottle of liquor or something more romantic. The typical holding spot in Bucharest is their Arch of Triumph monument.
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