Mosuo Women: Inside China's Last Matriarchal Tribe
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- Often called the “Kingdom of Daughters,” the Mosuo tribe in China is the country's last matriarchy, a society where women reign.
“I will never get married, my generation do not get married,” says Mosuo villager Jiu Duzhima.
The Mosuo people have been living along the Lugu Lake in China’s Yunnan province for centuries. According to the local government, their current population is about 50,000.
"Mosuo people belong to one big family," says village tour guide Balu Zhuomayangzong, "All the sisters live with their elder and younger generations, which means 3 or 4 generations live together in the same house is normal here."
In the Mosuo culture, women are mostly responsible for supporting the family’s needs as well as raising the kids. Kids live with mom’s family and grandmother and maternal uncles raise the kids and support them to go to school.
The Mosuo people are also known for their practice of “walking marriage” where they meet their partners at a village bonfire party or on the historic bridge that used to connect two villages.
Balu and her family say they hope to see their Mosuo culture continue down the generations.
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No marriage, that means no divorce and that means no lawyers 😮
Men take no responsibilities there whatsoever.
@@novaacta8340 They take care of their sisters' kids.
Fascinating China 🇨🇳… I am Chinese but born outside of China.
I find the minority tribal people of China very interesting.
I'm Chilean and learning Mandarin
What a wonderful society with beautiful traditions 😍🙏
this matriarchy of grandma, mom, daughter is common in black America too where black men commonly fail to provide financial support to their wives and kids
There is no such thing as matriarchy anyway you people don't understand the difference between matriarchal society and matrilineal society it is not a matriarchal society it is just a matrilineal society where only grooms go to brides home and women are the providers or head of the family but not the protectors. Men are still protectors and head of the society here people always mix them up patrilineal is not patriarchy and matrilineal is not also matriarchy
Nah, that's just bad politics or poor decision-making and generational cycles.
Or, you are just being racist. There are plenty of poor white men.
I really love this.
In india also there are matriarchal tribes In meghalaya
Not matriarchal, matrilineal, full matriarchies have not existed in history.
Matriarchal is the most logical system. The women decide who they spend the night with so the males must be nice, sweet and good under the sheets. They can always change their mind and invite a new male so the males better perform well.
Good thing that nation is the last matriarchy. Male species are territorial beings they always strive for dominance, resources, land females for their next generation.
I mean it's already how the world works. I was 12 when I learned I could make a girl FB account to get guys to buy me stuff on a game lol
There is no such thing as matriarchy anyway you people don't understand the difference between matriarchal society and matrilineal society it is not a matriarchal society it is just a matrilineal society where only grooms go to brides home and women are the providers or head of the family but not the protectors. Men are still protectors and head of the society here people always mix them up patrilineal is not patriarchy and matrilineal is not also matriarchy
@@antoinebguitar2869we guys are droolers
That's exactly why all the most powerful empires throughout history were all patriarchal because "MaTriArChY wOrKs sO WeLl"🙄
They invented Tinder 1000 years ago😅
Even we garo of ne india we follow maternal rites and customs🥰🥰🥰🥰
Beautiful Matriarchial tradicio ❤💐
It is not matriarchal community people don't understand the difference between matriarchal society and matrilineal society it is not a matriarchal society it is just a matrilineal society where only grooms go to brides home and women are the providers or head of the family but not the protectors. Men are still protectors and head of the society here people always mix them up patrilineal is not patriarchy and matrilineal is not also matriarchy
@@anthonycosta128for the mosuo women are the heads of the family AND the society
Save Matrilinearity, the Most inklusive Society System ! All people have relyful Family, Social competence and emotional Intelligence . Freedom and Peace !
It would be great if Native american people has the same good life like those Mosuo in China. USA slautered all Native american. They have been 5 millions before invasion now Native american population is only about 200 000
And the CCP slaughters Muslims, Falun Gong, and others right now. Today.
The US stopped, and made it shameful. Then, the US sacrificed thousands of men and billions of dollars to fight against it. The CCP is just getting started.
Also, you are lying. There are more Native Americans alive today than in 1600. The "millions" theory hasn't been proven, and whatever happened to them it happened before Europeans settled there.
@@timothyblazer1749 black lives matter ans stop the asian hate
Native Americans tribes slaughtered one another as well.
@@timothyblazer1749
Brainwashed fool.
Human World is heading to Mosou traditions...... no need to preserve it's coming back✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
blame veganism, go carnivore.
I'm glad.
The next generation may want to do something much different than their previous generation. It will only continue the exist if the people want it to exist. The next 50-100 years will be the key as to whether it can hold out or not.
Looks good
On a day-to-day basis, there is not so much difference between this and a patriarchal society regarding who is responsible for what. Women: family, Men: anything else on the labour market. But the feminine values are more respected here.
the difference being that in a Patriarchal society men are heads of the family AND the society, which often leads to women being seen as less than men and being oppressed in Patriarchal societies. In matriachal societies, even tho women are often times the leaders, men arent seen as less and dont suffer under matriachal societies
@@h1nsicon That's what he said. He just didn't say it your way. He was expecting a reversal of values, where the women are the breadwinners and the men stay at home in the family, but that wasn't true here. Instead, they have a softer society where women are still family focused and men are still career focused.
Yes, because these societies are not really matriarchal, they're matrilineal, the ultimate source of authority still resides with the men in society.
@@h1nsicon The problems is that this small doc doesn't show the whole picture, professional anthropologists that have worked with the Mosuo for many years and have written books about them all agree that this society is not matriarchal but matrilineal, the source of ultimate authority still resides with the male. In these societies women have more predominance and leeway inside their homes because in the dynamics of the relationship but in other places in their society the male authority is more clear like in religious ceremonies, the economic administration of the tribe, etc.
@@truth-uncensored2426 That's a really good way to put it. Matrilineal, not matriarchal. What books do you recommend?
❤that i s amazing do cool..bless u all...
1:38 kid has a south park hat ahaha
Good catch! Infiltration of American culture...
"Men go out to make money, I don't know what they do" ...how convenient
Amen are the Brothers and Cousins and uncles. they are Self confident and run their Enterprise well. And enjoy and appriciate To bring Money To their Sisters, aunts, nephews ……Not To the sexual Partner. Theres no Form of prostitution by matrilinear societies. And no economic Pressure on men.
@@kappgabriele9743 For the entire history, men all over the world, including from the so called patriarchies, proudly provide for their children, mothers, nephews, neighbors, etc, etc ... is the same concept, the difference is that the women from this village don't try to compete in the men fields, so they live in peace, just that.
And please do not associate marriage with prostitution, that's really in bad faith.
@@MrTiteuf12 UA-cam jus ate my reply i cant speak too much here so u need to reseach and see what they are this 5 mins videos is not really accurate
It is the same in other cultures that have preserved the ancient roles of men and women to the best of their ability. In Inuit cultures also, the women do not want to go out into the cold and hunt, though they do make money by selling the products that they make with the meat. It sounds like in the Mosuo world they keep it all at home and share it with their family. They grow the crops, they make clothes, they clean the home, and the men learn a trade to pay for the family's bills and luxuries and hunt and fish for food.
@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790 Exactly, that's not a "matriarchy", their sense of power is an illusion because men are the ones providing food and security so, without the men, they could not survive.
Perfection
Right😊
We the garo tribe of northeast india also follow the matriarchal system
Can you tell about something about your society structure, marriage, tradition,women and men roles in your society etc. By the way I am from Assam also(guwahati) 😊
So the men work and the women take care of the house? Sounds like every other society.
To take care about house, garden and family is work too. Look up a more in detail documentation about the Mosuo and you will learn that women are often more working than men in this society. And this btw is the norm everywhere in more rural areas. Travel around Africa or Middle East and you can see this phenomenon.
Amazing! I haven't seen a lot of pregnant women in this video. Do these women use contraceptions?
@Griffith [Femto] You're a troll. China is the most populous country in the world. The population of your country is not even as large as the population of a city in China
@@Yangpeiling-de-zhangfu Lol of course you defend china. You live in China so anyone that speaks against it will trigger you. XD
@@yujirohanmaisbestdad "All of the major contraceptive methods are available without cost. The user is permitted to be absent from work with pay when he/she chooses either IUD insertion/removal, vasectomy, tubal ligation, and induced abortion. IUDs, OCs, sterilization, and condoms account for most of the contraceptive practice in China." (from PubMed).
@@Lucius_Aurelian there's a lot of condoms on sale in China .
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She said that they're more monogamous, just like the outside world. But I wonder how true that is. How often is it that they have one night stands? How many partners do they have on average in a year? It's not like they just choose one guy and let him climb up to her window for the rest of her life, right? It's not like the father's don't know who they're raising, since they can guess by when she first got pregnant, or is it because they are in a solid relationship?
I wonder how often is it that a man chooses to stay in her house and just talk to her? Maybe some people think that when he climbs up there he has to have sex. But more than likely, since women are naturally slower, most of the time, at least early on, something more romantic is probably happening than the booty call implied.
The Mosuo people practice serial monogamy. In another documentary I watched, (Zuo, 2007), some of the men described having 3, or 4 relationships in their lifetime. You could compare it to being married 3 or 4 times throughout your life without the formalities. Another Mosuo man said he had only one relationship throughout his life. It's not the same as one-night stands, but who knows there may be exceptions. A Mosuo person wouldn't be intimate with another partner without ending their current walking marriage.
An interesting part of Mosuo culture is that the woman's brother(s) help raise the kids. The men traditionally live in their mother's homes. Essentially, the uncles have a huge part in raising the children. The biological father would then help raise his own sister's children so he still has responsibility.
@@SugarMakesMePOP Thanks for replying. It was very informative. If that's the case, then they're far more monogamous than what we have in America today. It looks closer to my actual love life than it does the average American.
In my tribal culture the uncles used to help raise the kids, but it was only the maternal uncle(s). But the children also still lived with the father. I kinda figured that they would pitch in and be the male figure of the children's childhood. It reminds me of how I used to stay over the weekend with my aunts. Sometimes I'm not really sure how much American family members are supposed to pitch in childhood rearing. Certainly the uncles of Mosuo culture take care of their sisters' kids every day.
I think when I wrote that I was pretty upset with how the narrator was portraying it.
Keine Untertitel.
Matrilineal, not matriarchal.
Thank you! I was about to say this
whats the difference?
@@outofthisworld4437 'matriarchal' refers to a society that is governed or controlled by women, while the anthropological term 'matrilineal' only denotes lineage.
@@alextrivunovic644 thanks,I consider myself to be well read & wasn't aware of the latter term.
@@alextrivunovic644This difference won't mean much to most of us, unless we understand the actual details behind daily life.
UA-cam jus ate my reply i cant speak too much here so u need to reseach and see how they are this 5 mins videos is not really accurate
Our society is not what it seems
im not sure if kingdom of daughters is the right name anymore, and after so much time and error made there should be the same volume of time given for correction, and the new name. i havent decided yet which new name, traditional, they will assume, but it will be according to a process of respect, and one which will enlighten.
Pretty well said, we should preserve.
But this is humans nature... CHANGE😊
Please correct me. Are they speaking a different type of Mandarin. I detect accents.😊✌
They have their own language but they know how to speak Chinese just with an accent. Everyone has an accent anyways depending on the region
The language they speak in the video is Sichuan dialect, which is different from Mandarin, but if you're a native Chinese speaker, it's very easy to understand.
@@ganhaoqi Thank you.😊✌
'Migoha window'
Lame.
母系氏族
so the culture already changed to become monogamous? Kinda sad...
Today's world don't want patriarchy or matriarchy.
There is no such thing as matriarchy anyway you people don't understand the difference between matriarchal society and matrilineal society it is not a matriarchal society it is just a matrilineal society where only grooms go to brides home and women are the providers or head of the family but not the protectors. Men are still protectors and head of the society here people always mix them up patrilineal is not patriarchy and matrilineal is not also matriarchy
@@anthonycosta128 then my friend, we don't need women to hold such authority. World belongs to men after all. Isn't it?
You mean men dont want that
@@user-sc6uy1rc4j maybe. So what? Are women's rights the only rights that has to be heard?
@@donaldbosle9273yes because men has enough rights in so many patriarchal societies.
Ancient tinder
Come on !! Let men group together in masses and strongly fight to ensure their natural rights over thir parents property .Approach the Supreme court in the country.
I thought matriarchy nation would have advance technology, business & resources but all I’m hearing is dance, sex and having over 30 million partners. I expect more from matriarchy, I’ll keep doing research 🤔
There is no such thing as matriarchy anyway you people don't understand the difference between matriarchal society and matrilineal society it is not a matriarchal society it is just a matrilineal society where only grooms go to brides home and women are the providers or head of the family but not the protectors. Men are still protectors and head of the society here people always mix them up patrilineal is not patriarchy and matrilineal is not also matriarchy
They are govern by morals this video is too short to even know what is going on, man and woman have to work and their family is for life unlike marriage which makes people poor. In order to survive, they learn to support their blood related family. They see the man as a outsider as they do not share their own blood and the man should assist to help his family bloodline instead of hers. They have such low cases of dna related disease because woman does not not choose man based on their assest or money (due to the woman's child belongs to her instead chooses a man based on his character, health, personality and charisma. They jus feel that love should not be the most important thing in life. Working and sustaining family and they have much freedom in their society. The family unit its assets and property is not diluted and most of them have been to universities in cities and wonder why people are so poor. And their crime rate is so low that they do not even have locks in their homes. No rapes, theft (until tourism arrives) and no one is being put down even if they are homo, plus they can choose to not have sex with anyone too. It is a gender equal society, so after learning them i could sort of understand why marriage is slavery and a form of capitalism. dougales book (i forgot the name)
UA-cam jus ate my reply i cant speak too much here so u need to reseach and see how they are this 5 mins videos is not really accurate
I wanted to hear her speaking her language, she instead speaking in mandarin. What a disappointment.
they speaking Sichuan or Yunan language
You clearly know nothing about Chinese history.Most Chinese may speak differently but write the same bcoz of Emperor Qin.
well i dont care.
Why?
And I don't care that you don't care.
who asked?
@@ShitBagSPC Username checks out
There is no such thing as matriarchy anyway you people don't understand the difference between matriarchal society and matrilineal society it is not a matriarchal society it is just a matrilineal society where only grooms go to brides home and women are the providers or head of the family but not the protectors. Men are still protectors and head of the society here people always mix them up patrilineal is not patriarchy and matrilineal is not also matriarchy