Mosu & Naxi Matriarchal tribes, Yunnan province, China

[sourlunch]

Love matriarchy!

[DaCatOnTop]

gREAT VIDEo

[Mamemitsu1]

i love ancient china, the culture is rich, and the people have absolute faith in luck, feng shui, and heaven. but at the same time, the peasents are still wretched in poverty....that needs to stop.

[PrincessMoonFeathers]

women world wide need to reclaim this same power. its not about power over men, its about power from within, i am a married woman and i love men, but i want to see them happy in this world and an end to violence and war!

[domesticathlete]

This and other videos about Yunnan Mosu culture are a good adjunct to the book Leaving Mother Lake: A Girlhood at the Edge of the World by Yang Erche Namu & Christine Mathieu 

[999yullan]

…I don't know… I think the Mosu-Naxi have a lot to offer in terms of musical and culinary traditions, not to mention other aspects of their culture. Oddly, tourism can be turned to their advantage as a means or preserving their way of life; at least some aspects of it. They need but participate in the tourist industry - strongly - to preserve what they have not lost over the ravages of time.

[littl3x]

Actually, marriages in the west are now breaking up at huge rates because of the same search for "true love," which is a farce. Marriage is more stable when in its proper context of child-rearing and economic partnership. Love is a choice, and marriage is a commitment to live a lifetime together.

[DMSelena]

@littl3x So glad you know better than an ancient culture that was perfectly successful for thousands of years without your particular style of marriage. You don't understand the walking marriage; if you did, you'd understand this isn't some hippy-dippy free love thing.

[littl3x]

@DMSelena I was replying to the guy in the video who said, specifically, that theirs was a search for "true love." Did you even watch the video?

[lovechina999000]

女儿国

杨二车娜姆

[panarkas]

Anybody knows where Yunnan took its name from?

[Ganeschar]

"Without border" that is a typically Han's Verse since they have invaded so many countries and destroyed their identity. China is a colonialist.

[Theblackbarbie698]

beautiful country!!

[pearl18ivy]

Thank you so much for posting. I haven't been back to that beautiful place since I left ten years ago. And I miss it so very much.

[drownedinsect]

black bean tofu skin of lijiang is tasty

[andreaerdnabarletta]

very interesting video!

greetings

erdna

[IHyRaXI]

this place is awesome i hopt to visit one day. you know the thai people in thailand are actually from yunnan chine?? around year 800 the left yunnan and went to take over the Mon and Khmer peoples land in south east asia

[Yongshan28]

bringing closeness and friendship is great, but not massive tourists, not these people ruining my people's innocence, and environment  and culture and moral standards.

[Ganeschar]

@Yongshan28 - it is China's Policy who destroyed like in Tibet not the Westerners !

[shannon123ism]

I know. What if no tourism, i believe we still have a good life as nowdays. People own shops are mostly outsiders, they came to my place to make money and meanwhile to destroy .

[LamentAbyss]

That is very sad to hear. I do hope Naxi culture survives.

[shannon123ism]

I am a Naxi, from Lijiang, Yunnan. My hometown used to be more beautiful and peaceful than today. leave us alone. No more tourism and corruption!

[LamentAbyss]

I have been to Lijiang Old Town as a tourist and was rather shocked to see just a never ending sequence of tourist shops, all selling the same stuff. As a tourist, all I can say; why? It is not necessary. I personally would like to see more Naxi culture and certainly not more shops.

So, who's fault is it? Is it the tourists or the people who are just trying to make a living?

[soliloquyact]

Since youtube is blocked in china... how did you get to see this video and post here? BTW, yunnan is great.

[warrengoff]

"There are no real borders on earth and people should value closeness and friendship", that is of course excluding tourism...

[shirokke]

moso are not matriarchy, they`re matrilinear.. read the book by yang erche namu, it`s such an interesting culture

[mnmmoose14]

patriarchy is the rule of fear and destruction, matriarchy is the rule of creation and longevity

[InternetRevolution]

Very interesting.

Hehe, and yeah, it seems very immoral to us people living in the West if you can change your relationship so often.

[TMLAPAN]

Matriarchy will come, our world can't survive with males natural stupidity. Woman, and men both have a fem, and masculine side, men will connect with their fem side, for some things.

Plus woman are not physically weaker then men, it's very obvious woman are stronger in the legs then men, plus woman live longer then men, therefore equal physical strength, plus more strength in the long run.

[XAMPOSBO]

i don't know if there is a connection but in some asian laguages greece is called yunnanistan and a greek yunnan....

[Darinism]

Matriarchal rule? What would the world be like if females ruled everything?

[tibsuga]

It would a much better world..less violence! You should look at some of the martriachal societies of the early native Americans!

[rlywtf]

fuck u white trash

stirring up shit in other people country

fuck u

[g6ng84]

nice video, enjoyed it alot. thx

[AlanGrinberg]

Great video. Just returned from Yunnan. Photos are being uploaded at my website:

alangrinberg

[Sodomatriarch]

thank you for this.

[susandg]

Does the Mosu tribe also refer to the Nosu? Which particular part of Yunnan is this? Are they the same with the Nosu which are majorily located at Sichuan province?

[CARLOSzMOTA]

Lets preserve ALL cultures in Asia and in the ENTIRE world....

[IronDragon]

Very true

[Theblackbarbie698]

@CARLOSzMOTA lol..if the world was that posetive were wud we be by now!! ur right all cultures and tribes must stay alive!!

[FernandoTorrera]

@CARLOSzMOTA agreed each culture language is a unique flower. It shows us the many different ways of living and life and how to see the world.

[gjanie]

brilliant Video!!! While i lived in China and traveled there, Yunnan became my favorite province in China. It is indeed sad to see that the beauty of eartern religion is fading fast in the China.

[aznflayva]

very good upload

thank you

[cherriohsosweet]

Great video") are you a history teacher?

[chnCloudxx]

Yunnan and all its ethnic minorities rockkks! Lets preserve their beautiful culture and stop the Han-isation.

[fatbellytraveler]

This is a fine piece. Great camera, music and information. Three cheers!