Free Love

In southwest China, one culture allows men and women to have multiple partners. But their reputed promiscuity comes with obligations.

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[Discordia5]

You think hiv/aids came from having sex with other primates? It's from killing and eating primates XD And btw, I don't know how old you are, but I hope you understand deep down that life isn't about getting the Disney ending.

[Ganeschar]

Matriarchy Society - very practical why of thinking !

Not strange - strange is to believe the opposite !

[heomak]

@EmperorOfMacedon but the mosuo people aren't ethinc tibetans. they are a separate group from tibetans. the musou only happen to live outside the tibetan border(south-west region of china). the reason they practice tibetan buddhism is because of tibet's dominant cultural influence to regions beyond tibet(for e.g. regions in northern pakistan(balti people), and north india as well as eastern india practice tibetan buddhism but they aren't tibetans. "free love" is not practiced by the tibetans.

[heomak]

@Rukminiji u can see tibetan influence in places like ladakh, certain regions in nepal, and among the balti people in kashmir and northern pakistan....those people aren't all necessarily tibetans but they've adopted tibetan customs and religion because of the centuries old contact those regions had with tibet.

[heomak]

@Rukminiji the musou people aren't ethnic tibetans. they are 2 different ethnic groups. free love is an alien concept in tibetan society too. the reason why the musou pracice tibetan buddhism is because not too long ago(before chinese colonized tibet), tibet was a culturally dominant country...so tibetan buddhism spread to & was adopted by neighboring peoples in regions outside of tibet(hence how the musou came to practice tibetan buddhism).

[Rukminiji]

@Silvergordikuki Yes, unfortunately it is. So is Nepal these days. AT the Nepal-China border all signage is in Chinese, food and clothes are Chinese.  Tons of Hindu and Buddhist temples have been destroyed and Churches mushroomed in their place, which are in league with Maoists in various ways. Tibet's pristine beauty has been marred forever...

[Silvergordikuki]

@Rukminiji But isn't Tibet (unfortunately) controlled by China?

[Rukminiji]

@EmperorOfMacedon

I agree with you. It is TIBET and NOT CHINA. It is clearly a Tibetan-Buddhist society that is being shown. China has no concept of this kind of individual freedom and man-woman relationship - its all controlled by the state.