Rites of Passage
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2016
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Kate Adie introduces dispatches from writers and correspondents around the world. This week: Yolande Knell reports on the boom in civil marriages on Cyprus - for couples from Lebanon and Israel; Roger Hearing reveals what happened when he fell foul of the Russian authorities at the border with North Korea; Jannat Jalil speaks to townspeople in Calais about the impact of the continuing crisis at the so-called Jungle migrant camp; Monica Whitlock considers how lasting Islam Karimov’s influence will be in Uzbekistan; and Nick Thorpe assesses what the Turkish and Hungarian celebrations of the 450th anniversary of the Battle of Szigetvar say about relations between the two countries.
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for downloading from our own correspondent. |
| 0:03.0 | This edition was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday the 10th of September 2016. |
| 0:08.0 | It's introduced by Kate 80. |
| 0:11.0 | Hello. Today, North Korea, our correspondent gets the briefest of glimpses into the secretive republic. |
| 0:19.4 | The way of death in Uzbekistan in the necropolis of the living Shah |
| 0:24.0 | the way of life across the channel in Calais |
| 0:27.0 | for both residents and those who want to travel further. |
| 0:30.0 | And though history often divides, |
| 0:32.0 | the Turks and the Hungarians come together to remember a siege 450 years ago. |
| 0:39.0 | First to the Eastern Mediterranean, now fringed with dispute and warfare and refugees. |
| 0:46.0 | The island of Cyprus, having come through a difficult time financially three years ago, is relying |
| 0:51.4 | on tourism to boost its economy, but is benefiting from a particular |
| 0:56.3 | kind of visitor, people looking for a civil marriage ceremony. |
| 1:01.1 | Ziolandnell explains couples from nearby countries with different religious |
| 1:05.2 | laws and traditions preventing their civil union are coming to Cyprus to |
| 1:09.6 | tie the knot. A cheesy love song blares out from tinny speakers as a young couple nervously walk |
| 1:16.8 | hand in hand past rows of empty seats in the Larnaca Civil Wedding Hall. |
| 1:21.6 | Rochelle and Abdul Kader are Lebanese, |
| 1:25.0 | but they've had to come to a foreign country |
| 1:28.0 | to make the commitment of a lifetime. |
| 1:30.0 | In t-shirts and ripped jeans, the pair aren't dressed as your typical bride and groom |
| 1:36.0 | and they exchange vows in English rather than their native language Arabic. |
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