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Mosuo
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Also known as Naxi

thumb|right|Mosuo girl weaver in Old town Lijiang thumb|Clothes of religious ceremonies of Moso, photo taken at Moso's Folk museum.

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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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35 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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