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Mosuo Culture in Daliy Life
Nov 3, 2014Known to many as the Mosuo, but known often to themselves as the Na, the Mosuo are a small ethnic group living in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China, close to the border with Tibet. Consisting of a population of approximately 40,000, ...
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The Custom of Visiting Marriage Has Been Practiced for Centuries Among The Mosuo People
Dec 5, 2012In the Lugu Lake region, Yunnan Province, the custom of visiting marriage has been practiced for centuries among the Mosuo People. The man and the woman involved in such a marriage practice spend their whole life with their respective ...
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Besides "A Xiao" Marriage at The Lugu Lake
Dec 5, 2012Besides "A Xiao" marriage, another kind of marriage, which exists around the Lugu Lake, is the formal marriage. For a formal marriage the matchmaker introduces the man and the woman. The elder hosts the marriage and holds a formal ...
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Mosuo People's Marriage Customs
Dec 5, 2012The Lugu Lake is situated in a place where Southwest China's Yunnan Province and Sichuan Province meet. Living around the Lugu Lake, the people from the Naxi ethnic group have a special marital tradition- "A Xiao." "A Xiao" means friends ...
Tags: Lugu Lake, marital tradition, walking marriage, Mosuo[eople
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The Introduce of Naxi People
Dec 5, 2012The Naxi people have many traditional merits. They are hospitable, reasonable, and respectful to the old while loving the young. They have formed rich etiquette culture in the longstanding history of integrity and unity to the internal ...
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Humanity and Nature Became Sworn Comrades and Signed a Non-Aggression Treaty
Dec 4, 2012A long, long time ago, Humanity and Nature became sworn comrades and signed a non-aggression treaty. But soon, the humans who had pledged never to invade their ally realized that without Nature's offerings, they could not survive. ...
Tags: Naxi, journey, natural scenery
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The Mountain-Circling Festival Is One of The Grandest Annual Festivals
Nov 29, 2012The Mountain-Circling Festival is one of the grandest annual festivals celebrated by the Mosuo people on the banks of the Lugu River in Yunnan.It is a day to pay homage to the holiest goddess of protection-Gemu.On the 25th of lunar ...
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