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Mosuo

The Mosuo (Chinese: 摩梭; pinyin: Mósuō; also spelled Moso, Mosso or Musuo) or Na, often incorrectly referred to as the Naxi, are an ethnic group living in the Hengduan mountains of China's Yunnan and Sichuan provinces. They currently have a population of approximately 40,000, many of them living in the Yongning region, around Lugu Lake, in Labai, in Muli…

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Mosuo

Nodes90
Edges89
Triples430
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022222
Components1

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related to Bibliography · 148
Mosuo → Across Cultures, American Anthropologist, Ancient Technologies, Ansatzes, Anthropology, Archaeoastronomy, Barber, Binglin, Blumenfield, Books, Boston, Bron, Brooke, Brown, CA, Cai, China, China's Hidden Mountains, Chinese, Choo
related to Films · 54
Mosuo → Awo, Broadly, Cai Hua, Carol Bliss, China, Chinas, Chinese, Diedie Weng, Director, Elsewhere, English, Eric Blavier, Fathers, Free Love, French, Frontline World, Husbands, Inside China's Last Matriarchy, It, July
related to Language · 22
Mosuo → Although, China, Ethnologue, Jacques, Lataddi, Lijiang, Lijiazui, Linguistics, Michaud, Na, Naish, Narua, Naxi, Qiansuo, Sino-Tibetan, Summer Institute, The, The Mosuo, Two, Yongning
related to Walking marriages · 15
Mosuo → After, All, Children, Chinese, Chumi, Haechube, However, In, One, Shih, The, Therefore, These, Walking, When
related to Introduction · 14
Mosuo → Che, China's, For, Further, Ge Ze, However, In, Luoshui, NPR, Pascale-Marie Milan, Peggy Reeves Sanday, The, The Mosuo, They
related to Economy · 13
Mosuo → Farmers, Han, However, Hua, In, It, Pork, Potatoes, Since, Subsistence, The Mosuo, This, Tibetan
related to Matrilineal society · 13
Mosuo → Awo, Considering, Even, Husbands, If, In, Regarding, Since, The, Their, They, This, Unlike
related to Daba · 12
Mosuo → Chinese, Daba, Due, It, Na, Na's, Priests, Recently, Their, They, This, Tibetan Buddhism
related to Intercultural exchanges · 11
Mosuo → Buddhism, But, China, Cultural Revolution, Han, In, Ming Dynasty, Neither, The Han, The Mosuo, Yongning
related to Daily life · 10
Mosuo → Average, Electricity, However, Local, Meat, Sulima, The, The Mosuo, They, US

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family women also children awo father chinese walking na marriage society men culture matrilineal child often life china however people

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
raising livestockinstance ofwith work based on farming tasks0.80text
education or travelinstance ofcausing financial issues when cash is needed for activities0.80text
pumpkinsinstance ofpotatoes and other vegetables0.80text
beansinstance ofpotatoes and other vegetables0.80text
Mosuorelated to BibliographyLock-green0.60section
Mosuorelated to BibliographyLock-gray-alt-20.60section
Mosuorelated to BibliographyLock-red-alt-20.60section
Mosuorelated to BibliographyWikisource-logo0.60section
Mosuorelated to BibliographyBarber0.60section
Mosuorelated to BibliographyNigel0.60section
Mosuorelated to BibliographyChinese0.60section
Mosuorelated to BibliographyHuffington Post0.60section

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