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Among world's last matrilineal societies

By China Daily | China Daily | Updated: 2017-08-11 08:26

The Mosuo people, who live near Lugu Lake in Southwest China's Yunnan province, are among the last matrilineal societies on Earth. Women are in charge of everything from housework and looking after the livestock to making economic decisions and choosing lovers.

Newborns inherit the names of their mothers, not their fathers. Births of baby girls are celebrated more than baby boys.

"It so intrigued me that I stayed," Choo Waihong told an audience in Beijing last Thursday. "I lived among them and I made friends."

Among world's last matrilineal societies

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