Mosuo
Sign in to savethumb|right|Mosuo girl weaver in Old town Lijiang thumb|Clothes of religious ceremonies of Moso, photo taken at Moso's Folk museum.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Mosuo(also Moso, Musuo, Mosso and Naxi )
- Ethnic group.population
- 50,000
- Ethnic group.popplace
- (Sichuan Yunnan)
- Ethnic group.languages
- Na
- Ethnic group.religions
- Daba, and Tibetan Buddhism
- Ethnic group.related
- Nakhi
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Article
35 sectionsContents
- Introduction
- Lifestyle
- Daily life
- Role of women
- Role of men
- Matriarch
- History
- Adoption
- Walking marriages
- General practice
- Matrilineal society
- Advantages to a walking marriage
- Myths and controversies
- Mosuo women have many partners
- Fathers of children are commonly not known
- Customs
- Coming of age
- Hearth
- Funeral
- Dogs
- Religion
- Daba
- Buddhism
- Economy
- Language
- Script
- Intercultural exchanges
- Modernity
- Tourism
- Films
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- Further media
- External links
thumb|right|Mosuo girl weaver in Old town Lijiang thumb|Clothes of religious ceremonies of Moso, photo taken at Moso's Folk museum.
The Mosuo (; also spelled Moso, Mosso or Musuo), often incorrectly referred to as the Naxi, are an ethnic group living in China's Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces. Consisting of a population of approximately 50,000, many of them live in the Yongning region, around Lugu Lake, in Labai, in Muli, and in Yanyuan.