Le Ciel pour Toit

Jai promis aux jeunes filles de Shymkent avec lesquelles jai passe une soiree de faire un article sur ce qu elles m ont raconte sur la condition feminine au Kazakstan et d autres petites choses.

En anglais pour qu elles puissent le lire.

je demande donc l indulgence des bilingues...


shymkent was our first big city in Kazakstan. After we found a place to sleep, we wanted to have a drink in a cafe... thats where we met July, Moli, Gulnur and Gulshat.

These 4 young girls are about 25.

 One of them is married and others are singles.

For first we just introduced ourselves like in every new meetings, but very quickly we were talking about their lifes in kazaksthan.

they told me that in kazakstan, girls can choose their husband, but half of the time this is the family who decide, even in big cities.

Things happend like follows:

For first, the man can ask the girl for a first meeting. If she accepts they meet themselves with two other people.
At this moment if the man ask for a second meeting she can decide... but if her answer is positive, it means she accepts to get married. if she s young she can change her mind but she more than 20 or 21 , its a shame for her and her family...
If she doesnt accept the second meeting she has to be carefull because sometimes girls are kidnapped and forced to get married. I knew that happened in Kirghistan but not in Kazakstan

Fortunately, most of the time it doesnt happend ( i hope so)

When the D day arrive husbands family brings money and wifes brings stuff for the flat. and after that they stay near their families for life

These young and pretty girls are always smiling , they are very smart and very kind but I dont  think that they really enjoy this situation, but they enjoy life .

Their generation is the generation of transition between ex URSS and new Kazakstan, but nowadays its like this.

I hope one day they will visit france and come to my citie to say hello.



 How can we imagine that in france???  

Nicolas