70-year-old Borangul Nizzova, a resident of Sarapkhana village in the Kazygurt district of Turkistan region, wore a white dress and was married off from her parental home after 50 years of marriage. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
At the age of 19, Borangul was kidnapped by three young men. According to her, she did not even know which of them would become her husband. "In those days, there was no such thing as suing the kidnapper. I didn't know which of the three guys who kidnapped me was my husband. It turned out that my husband was a spoiled child of a family," she says.
Borangul's biggest dream in her youth was to get married in a white dress. "When I became a bride, there was a wedding, I wore a white dress. But I wanted to ride in a limousine and leave in a white dress. Then my husband promised: 'If Allah wills, we will live together for fifty years, celebrate our golden wedding, and I will take you from your parental home in a white dress in a limousine,'" she recalls.
Borangul Nizzova and Yerbosyn Moldabekov raised five children. Today they have 27 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Yerbosyn worked as a driver for many years, while Borangul was a cook.
Half a century later, Yerbosyn fulfilled his promise: he dressed his wife in a white dress and took her away in a limousine. "It's hard to put into words my joy at that moment. How can you not be happy when your childhood dream comes true?! I opened the trunk of the limousine and said, 'Put me in here,' making everyone laugh," says Borangul.
The grandmother believes in love. "At first, I didn't want to agree to this marriage. Until I had two children, I wanted to leave. Later, we understood each other and lived well. Love is not just gifts and pampering. It is respect, overcoming difficulties together, supporting each other," she says.
Over half a century of marriage, the couple had minor disagreements, but they tried not to offend each other. "I never raised my voice at my husband or started quarrels. I only expressed my opinion after he had calmed down. But I never left for my parents' house with a child in my arms," says Borangul.
In her opinion, the strength of a family depends on mutual respect. "Today's youth have good conditions. If spouses respect and understand each other, the family will be strong," says the grandmother who got married at 70 in a white dress.