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China's 'Kingdom of women'

High in the Himalayan foothills is an ancient matrilineal society which doesn't believe in marriage. The women rule and the men don鈥檛 mind.

The Mosuo community in China鈥檚 Himalayan foothills is matrilineal, so a family鈥檚 鈥榖loodline鈥�, inheritance and power is passed down through the female side. There is no such thing as marriage and monogamy is actively discouraged. The women rule and the men don鈥檛 mind. Rebecca Kesby has been speaking to Choo Wai Hong, a Singaporean corporate lawyer who came across the community as she travelled through her ancestral homeland of China. She liked it so much she learnt the language and built a house there.
(PHOTO: Mosuo Women. Credit Patrick AVENTURIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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