{"id":906,"date":"2014-01-08T14:43:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T03:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=906"},"modified":"2014-01-08T14:47:20","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T03:47:20","slug":"kingdom-of-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=906","title":{"rendered":"Kingdom of Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>A beautiful documentary on the one of the last matriarchal societies in the world -the Mosuo people of South West China.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Women are the head of the household<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Children are raised in their mother&#8217;s homes<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Uncles play father<\/li>\n<li>Walking Marriage &#8211;\u00a0a woman can take as many lovers as she likes and the man visits his lover\u2019s house at night, arriving after dark and leaving before dawn. The relationship is only made public once children come along. But even then, couples never live together. Adult men and women remain living in their mother\u2019s home, while children and property always remain with the mother.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>It was a hot day and I was driving up to Dave Evan&#8217;s airbnb house in Newport with Floppy while this was on air<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s a beautiful, slightly melancholic song played during the documentary &#8211; excerpt here:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-906-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tsy_20131222_kingdom_of_women_the_Mosuo_People_Song.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tsy_20131222_kingdom_of_women_the_Mosuo_People_Song.mp3\">http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tsy_20131222_kingdom_of_women_the_Mosuo_People_Song.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/360\/kingdom-of-women\/5151924\">http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/360\/kingdom-of-women\/5151924<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.3846153846;\">Kingdom of Women<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radio\/player\/rnmodplayer.html?pgm=360documentaries&amp;pgmurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fradionational%2Fprograms%2F360%2F&amp;w=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fradionational%2Fmedia%2F5151924.asx&amp;r=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fradionational%2Fmedia%2F5151924.ram&amp;t=Kingdom%20of%20Women&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fradionational%2Fprograms%2F360%2Fkingdom-of-women%2F5151924&amp;p=1\">Listen now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Download this item as MP3 (44.37MB)\" href=\"http:\/\/mpegmedia.abc.net.au\/rn\/podcast\/2013\/12\/tsy_20131222_1005.mp3\">Download audio<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<dl>\n<dd>Sunday 22 December 2013 10:05AM<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Imagine if your brother raised your children and your husband visited a few times a week.<br \/>\nThis is the ancient cultural practice of the Mosuo people \u2013 one of the last surviving matriarchal societies in the world.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/360\/071012taconkingdomofwomen-16jpg\/4629242\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Musuo woman Du Zhi Ma\" alt=\"Musuo woman Du Zhi Ma\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/image\/4629242-16x9-700x394.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/360\/071012taconkingdomofwomen-16jpg\/4629242\"><strong>IMAGE:<\/strong>\u00a0MUSUO WOMAN DU ZHI MA, 68, POSES IN FRONT COLORFUL MUSUO TEXTILES AT HER HOME IN LUOSHUI VILLAGE ON THE EDGE OF LUGU LAKE.\u00a0(DAVE TACON)<\/a><\/div>\n<p>In Mosuo society, women are head of the household. Children are raised in the mother&#8217;s home and uncles play father to their sisters&#8217; children. In the Mosuo\u2019s dialect there is no word for husband or father.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/360\/women-insidejpg\/4657048\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mosuo girls prepare for the Fire Dance\" alt=\"Mosuo girls prepare for the Fire Dance\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/image\/4657048-4x3-340x255.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/360\/women-insidejpg\/4657048\"><strong>IMAGE:<\/strong>\u00a0THE MOSUO GIRLS DRESS IN ELABORATE COSTUMES FOR THE FIRE DANCE. IF A BOY IS INTERESTED IN A GIRL HE TAPS HER ON THE HAND DURING THE DANCE.\u00a0(DAVE TACON)<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/360\/071212taconkingdomofwomen-48jpg\/4629238\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mosuo villagers perform a fire dance for tourists\" alt=\"Mosuo villagers perform a fire dance for tourists\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/image\/4629238-4x3-340x255.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/360\/071212taconkingdomofwomen-48jpg\/4629238\"><strong>IMAGE:<\/strong>\u00a0MOSUO VILLAGERS PERFORM A FIRE DANCE FOR TOURISTS.(DAVE TACON)<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They also practise &#8216;walking marriage&#8217;, a woman can take as many lovers as she likes and the man visits his lover\u2019s house at night, arriving after dark and leaving before dawn. The relationship is only made public once children come along. But even then, couples never live together. Adult men and women remain living in their mother\u2019s home, while children and property always remain with the mother.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/360\/071212taconkingdomofwomen-5jpg\/4629244\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Aya Si Geng Ma the head of a Mosuo household\" alt=\"Aya Si Geng Ma the head of a Mosuo household\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/image\/4629244-4x3-340x255.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/360\/071212taconkingdomofwomen-5jpg\/4629244\"><strong>IMAGE:<\/strong>\u00a0AYA SI GENG MA, 69, THE HEAD OF A MOSUO HOUSEHOLD OF ELEVEN IN LUOSHUI VILLAGE ON THE EDGE OF LUGU LAKE, CARRIES FOOD SCRAPS TO BE FED TO PIGS IN THE COURTYARD OF HER FAMILES HOME.\u00a0 THE REGION AROUND LUGU LAKE IS HOME TO THE MATRIARCHIAL MUSUO ETHNIC MINORITY WHO PRACTICE TIBETAN BUDDHISM. MOSUO WOMEN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THEIR HOUSEHOLD&#8217;S MANUAL LABOR.\u00a0(DAVE TACON)<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/360\/071212taconkingdomofwomen-13jpg\/4629246\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Young Mosuo men enjoy beer and a card game\" alt=\"Young Mosuo men enjoy beer and a card game\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/image\/4629246-4x3-340x255.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/360\/071212taconkingdomofwomen-13jpg\/4629246\"><strong>IMAGE:<\/strong>\u00a0YOUNG MOSUO MEN ENJOY BEER AND A CARD CALLED CALLED &#8216;FIGHTING THE LANDLORD&#8217; AT A VILLAGE NEAR LUGU LAKE.(DAVE TACON)<\/a><\/div>\n<p>In this program, journalist Erin O\u2019Dwyer takes us into a Mosuo village, in a remote and mountainous region of China\u2019s Yunnan province. We meet the young Mosuo men and women who still practise walking marriage, and the elderly grandmother-matriarchs who guard and protect the Mosuos&#8217; ancient way of life.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/360\/071212taconkingdomofwomen-43jpg\/4629236\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"La Chuo Zhu Ma in traditional dress\" alt=\"La Chuo Zhu Ma in traditional dress\" src=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/image\/4629236-3x4-700x933.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/360\/071212taconkingdomofwomen-43jpg\/4629236\"><strong>IMAGE:<\/strong>\u00a0LA CHUO ZHU MA, 27, IN TRADITIONAL DRESS BEFORE A FIRE DANCE IN XIAOLUOSHUI, A VILLAGE ON THE EDGE OF LUGU LAKE. EACH NIGHT, AROUND 400 TOURISTS ARE CHARGED 30 CNY (AROUND $5) TO ATTEND THESE SPECTACLES. PROFITS ARE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES.\u00a0(DAVE TACON)<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Translations by Hanmei Li and Ana Zhao.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Credits<\/h2>\n<dl>\n<dt>Producer<\/dt>\n<dd>Erin O&#8217;Dwyer<\/dd>\n<dt>Sound Engineer<\/dt>\n<dd>Timothy Nicastri<\/dd>\n<dt>Actor<\/dt>\n<dd>Anthony Wong<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A beautiful documentary on the one of the last matriarchal societies in the world -the Mosuo people of South West China. Women are the head of the household Children are raised in their mother&#8217;s homes Uncles play father Walking Marriage &#8211;\u00a0a woman can take as many lovers as she likes and the man visits his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=906\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kingdom of Women<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":909,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions\/909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}