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    The Mosuo (Chinese: 摩梭; pinyin: Mósuō; also spelled Moso, Mosso or Musuo), often called the Naxi, are a small ethnic group living in China's Yunnan and...
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  • The Mosuo Sisters is a 2012 documentary film by Marlo Poras that chronicles the lives of two sisters, Jua Ma and La Tsuo, who are members of one of the...
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    The matriarchal and matrilineal society of the Mosuos is also termed the “Women’s World.” In the Mosuo language, Lugu means "falling into the water" and...
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  • Na language (redirect from Mosuo language)
    Na (or Narua, Mosuo) is a language of the Naish subbranch of the Naic group of the Sino-Tibetan languages. Yongning Na, which is spoken in Yongning Township...
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    started visiting the Mosuo people. As pointed out by the Xinhua News Agency, "tourism has become so profitable that many Mosuo families in the area who...
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    Australian Aboriginal Burmese Chinese Philippine Polyandry in Tibet / in India Feminist Chambri Mosuo Sexuality Coming of Age in Samoa...
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    Lhoba, Lisu people, Miao, Mongols, Monguor (Tu people), Menba (Monpa), Mosuo, Nakhi, Qiang, Nu people, Pumi, Salar, and Yi people. According to the Encyclopædia...
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  • official designation of federally chartered banks in the United States Mosuo or Na, an ethnic group in China near Tibet Na people, an ethnic group in...
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  • Australian Aboriginal Burmese Chinese Philippine Polyandry in Tibet / in India Feminist Chambri Mosuo Sexuality Coming of Age in Samoa...
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  • Mormonism Mossi Niger–Congo → Gur → Mossi Burkina Faso (Mossiland) Islam Mosuo Sino-Tibetan → Naish → Na China (Sichuan and Yunnan) Daba, Buddhism → Tibetan...
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    practice being confined mostly to Shi'ite communities. The matrilineal Mosuo of China practice what they call "walking marriage". In some jurisdictions...
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    Australian Aboriginal Burmese Chinese Philippine Polyandry in Tibet / in India Feminist Chambri Mosuo Sexuality Coming of Age in Samoa...
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    Australian Aboriginal Burmese Chinese Philippine Polyandry in Tibet / in India Feminist Chambri Mosuo Sexuality Coming of Age in Samoa...
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  • Australian Aboriginal Burmese Chinese Philippine Polyandry in Tibet / in India Feminist Chambri Mosuo Sexuality Coming of Age in Samoa...
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    official status of being present in the province. Some groups, such as the Mosuo, who are officially recognised as part of the Naxi, have in the past claimed...
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  • Australian Aboriginal Burmese Chinese Philippine Polyandry in Tibet / in India Feminist Chambri Mosuo Sexuality Coming of Age in Samoa...
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  • Australian Aboriginal Burmese Chinese Philippine Polyandry in Tibet / in India Feminist Chambri Mosuo Sexuality Coming of Age in Samoa...
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    Bumang are also included in the Dai nationality. Also included are the Mosuo. Also included are the Qago (木佬人). Known as Kachin in Myanmar. Also included...
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    maintained. Chinese historical documents referred to Naxi 納西 as Mosuo or Moso (麽些 mósuò, "tiny little"), The Dongba script was called Les Mo-So: Ethnographie...
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  • Australian Aboriginal Burmese Chinese Philippine Polyandry in Tibet / in India Feminist Chambri Mosuo Sexuality Coming of Age in Samoa...
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  • cultures that some anthropologists have described as matriarchal. Among the Mosuo (a tiny society in Yunnan Province, China), for example, women exert greater...
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    Australian Aboriginal Burmese Chinese Philippine Polyandry in Tibet / in India Feminist Chambri Mosuo Sexuality Coming of Age in Samoa...
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    Lijiang Naxi. Mosuo Mosuo is used to living in the mountains and waters. The houses are all made of wood. The traditional festivals of the Mosuo people include...
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    Lhoba, Lisu people, Miao, Mongols, Monguor (Tu people), Menba (Monpa), Mosuo, Nakhi, Qiang, Nu people, Pumi, Salar, and Yi people. The proportion of...
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    Republic of China. The official Chinese government classification includes the Mosuo as part of the Nakhi people. Although both groups are descendants of the...
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    the 30,000 local Mosuo people is noted for its "no marriage" traditions and is called the last women's kingdom on the earth. Mosuo women, local dugout...
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  • polyandry can be found in the institution of walking marriage among the Mosuo tribe of China. Serial monogamy refers to remarriage after divorce or death...
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    Australian Aboriginal Burmese Chinese Philippine Polyandry in Tibet / in India Feminist Chambri Mosuo Sexuality Coming of Age in Samoa...
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  • Australian Aboriginal Burmese Chinese Philippine Polyandry in Tibet / in India Feminist Chambri Mosuo Sexuality Coming of Age in Samoa...
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    Australian Aboriginal Burmese Chinese Philippine Polyandry in Tibet / in India Feminist Chambri Mosuo Sexuality Coming of Age in Samoa...
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