#mosuo tribe

[mimok]

A Village Beyond the Lake~

Setting my camera aside for a moment with the tribal women~ captured by my friend Karoline. Far from the mirror-like stillness of Lugu Lake, nestled in the hills of Yunnan, there is a village where time seems to slow. It was there, not by the water, but on a quiet patch of earth, that I met the women of the Mosuo tribe. Dressed in the vibrant colors of tradition, they welcomed me not with…

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[hao-xiang]

Middle Kingdom Matriarchy

In a country where the sex ratio at birth is arguably one of the highest in the world, an ugly side-effect of the one-child policy, it seems counter-intuitive that it would be home to one of the world’s last remaining matriarchal societies. And yet, located deep within the Yunnan and Sichuan provinces of southwest China, is where you will find exactly that - the Matriarchy of the Mosuo tribe ( 摩梭).

Source: The Guardian

This short clip from Broadly explores this unique and curious community, where women are free to take as many (or as few) sexual partners as they desire, and words for “father” and “husband” are extinct from the lexicon.

[annathecatladywitch]

"Mosuo Women (1995): Looking at an area of China where women ruleIn some parts of China girls are killed at birth but in the land the Chinese call the 'kingdom of daughters' womanhood is celebrated. High in the breathtaking mountains of south-western China, live the Mosuo tribe. The Mosuo maintain a society which is probably unique in the world. It revolves completely around women. Property is handed down from mother to daughter. In their language there is not even a word for 'father' and conventional marriage is unheard of. In the past the Chinese government tried to stamp out the Mosuo way of life but their culture is now flourishing again. The simple reason is tourism. The Mosuo live beside a beautiful lake, already a popular destination for Chinese tourists. But whether the culture survives remains to be seen - new-found prosperity and contact with outsiders has brought with it a clamour for a change for the Mosuo."

[odditycentrall]

The Mosuo Tribe - China's Kingdom of Women

There’s a popular one-liner that’s been doing the rounds on Facebook for a while now – “If women ruled the world, there would be no wars. Just a bunch of jealous countries not talking to each other.” While that’s something we’ve all laughed at and forgotten, there actually does exists a Chinese matriarchal tribe where things are seemingly always at peace. Also known as the Kingdom of Daughters, the Mosuo Tribe have been in existence for the past two thousand years in the Lugu Lake region of Southern China.

In the Mosuo tribe, women rule. To such an extent that their language doesn’t even have a word for ‘father’. Property is handed down from mother to daughter, and sons are treated as simple inhabitants of the house. Even after they are married with children of their own, the men continue to live in their maternal homes, while children live in the home of the mother. In fact, there isn’t even a concept of formal marriage. Couples who fall in love meet in the home of the woman, and continue to refer to each other as ‘friends’. Vows and bonds have no place in a “walking marriage” system where mutual affection is valued.

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