{"id":951,"date":"2016-06-14T12:37:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T11:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/?p=951"},"modified":"2022-03-16T09:54:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T08:54:53","slug":"mosuo-the-last-almost-matriarchal-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saporedicina.com\/english\/mosuo-the-last-almost-matriarchal-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosuo, the last (almost) matriarchal tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mouo<\/p>\n

I heard about the Mosuo<\/em> bits and pieces at a time talking to anthropologists and backpackers. They are a Chinese ethnic minority living around Lugu Lake, on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan province<\/a>. I had the idea that they were a matriarchal tribe and I believed men among them were reduced to sex objects. Mosuo men didn’t even have to work!<\/p>\n

“Maybe I could move there,” I admit I thought sometimes…<\/strong> <\/p>\n

After a short trip to the homeland of Mosuo, the colors, the music, the flavors of Lugu lake and the story of the playboy Zhaxi<\/a> made me even more curious to know more about this world.<\/p>\n

So I did some research on the Internet that I would like to share with you.<\/p>\n

A matriarchal tribe?<\/h2>\n

Even if women make strategic decisions, inherit the family’s goods and handle business, the men still hold the political power. Hence we cannot talk about matriarchy.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Sometimes Mosuo are described as a matrilineal tribe, but also this definition is too narrow as adoption is quite common within the tribe and adopted daughters may become matriarchs themselves, interrupting the matrilineal line.<\/p>\n