snatch her up in his arms,and gallop away with her. In Sicily,until recently, such a couple would have been considered legally "married" even if the woman had never met the man before or had no intertion of marrying.But in the United States any man who acted in auch a fashion would be arresred and jailed for kidnapping and would probably have his sanity seriously challenged.Such behavior would not be acceptable in our society;therefore,it could not be considered cultural.