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0:01[Music]
0:16we're high up in the mountains in the
0:18south west of China near the Burmese
0:19border and we're on a way to meet the
0:21masseur people who live in a remote
0:24place which is also known as the land
0:25where women rule we're gonna spend a
0:27week there to find out what life is like
0:29in one of the world's last matriarch
0:31ease
0:33[Music]
0:47the 40,000 people strong masu tribe live
0:50in the foothills of the Himalayas
0:52practice sabaton Buddhism and are most
0:55famous for the unique family structure
0:57instead of giving the responsibility of
1:00family stability to men whose tendency
1:03to go wherever their dick points can be
1:05unreliable it's the women who are in
1:07charge of the house and inherited skills
1:10from mother to daughter and rather than
1:13traditional marriages they have
1:15something called walking marriages
1:16allowing women to have as many
1:19boyfriends as they please throughout
1:21their lives to get to lugu lake from the
1:31nearest city legion is an eight hour
1:34drive on mainly high-altitude dirt roads
1:37this is one of the least developed
1:39regions in China but no nearby railroads
1:43so when we arrived we were surprised to
1:46see so many Chinese tourists so
1:50different than what I had imagined all
1:52the way here felt like going back in
1:54time but everyone just looks completely
1:57normal aside from some badass grandmas
1:59and there are lots of cars and hotels
2:01and hair salons to find out more about
2:04the masseur we headed to the local
2:06museum what sorry that you've been
2:09pushing through John the jumpers or
2:11Tormentor mostly I know you guys saw
2:14boys she followed your mom also Chen Yin
2:17is the true that you get Aoife Chinese
2:20gentleman talking about to move to touch
2:23our to move on to more winning and what
2:26makes the Maserati Archaea matriarchy
2:28satellite imagery of Susheela the most
2:32solitary no financial woman so to Nevada
2:35so time to manage the Constitution are
2:38never children with you ho not woman -
2:40sir is that your follows our show you
2:42assisted of Kanchana our chocolate
2:44natural face of another
2:47shishun arsenalfan thought you find a
2:49shaman sofa your hands are choked with
2:51out to see which other cynical to meet a
2:54fine education to attract
2:59the girl from the museum told us to
3:02check out the lake and the famous
3:04walking marriage bridge where people go
3:06on dates
3:06rather than starstruck lovers the bridge
3:09was full of tourists taking selfies even
3:13I became a tourist attraction what do
3:20you think about the culture here in my
3:22charcoal culture mystery do you think
3:27it's different being a woman here than
3:29in the rest of China do you think women
3:31are happier here
3:34contributing to the boost in domestic
3:37tourism is the fascination with the
3:39Mosuo way of life that's often been
3:41scandalized in a rata sighs it seemed
3:44like the only masseur around where the
3:46girls selling barbecue so had a chat
3:49with one of them to find out if the
3:50bridge was still used for romancing
3:52Elissa did you ever date from the on the
3:55bridge no but I'm laying a quick you
4:06can't imagine my mother collects many
4:08before Jimmy Garoppolo sensitive has an
4:11important you know good
4:15that's a healthy outlook unlike in
5:00traditional marriages in which couples
5:02live together and historically the man
5:04will be the provider the masseur never
5:06leave the family home and is the woman's
5:08brothers and uncles who take on the
5:10father role still that often means the
5:12women have to provide I was curious to
5:16know how the men felt about living in a
5:18matriarchy so we got some guys to take
5:21us out on a boat ride
5:22a typical masseur first day the second
5:26heads of our training be careful where
5:28inertia press or are canta you know like
5:31a pop universe for your show yoga
5:34changing over one you know it's hot
5:35anywhere Evander
5:42so romantic
5:44very romantic things changed in terms of
5:49how you proceed
6:09you look at artistic oh my god Shemp are
6:12you going to get into law I'm a search
6:14on useless a yeah and gently :
6:16this is all you shouldn't let you pass
6:18economies forum about the apartment why
6:20your is so funny missile coming up
6:22yo so women here works really hard do
6:27you men have more spare time it's all
6:29Quinta
6:35Sonia I said so much these days most
6:57boss who are monogamous but in the past
7:00taking many lovers was common and still
7:03isn't considered a big deal after the
7:06boat ride loser invited me to her house
7:09for dinner
7:10she's 32 has a son and lives in her
7:14family hope with her mom's sisters and
7:16all their kids there were no men around
7:19all the women got involved in the dinner
7:22preparations it was fascinating to see
7:25how her family was completely
7:26self-sufficient bringing every meal from
7:29field to table on the road the concept
7:32of supermarkets is still pretty new to
7:34them and many mas who make less than 200
7:37dollars a year so they're relying on
7:39producing their own food
7:43[Music]
7:47they're putting in like this much
7:49smarter dish
7:50[Music]
7:52just covered in pot that's why it's so
7:55tasty I don't understand it everyone
7:58here is super escapee though
8:13delicious
8:18nothing enemy chocolate eligos in turn
8:20reduce your time didn't you didn't you
8:22say in London where I live a meal like
8:26this would be super expensive because
8:28it's all locally produced homegrown
8:31organic good and so nice yeah I got like
8:36this issue and pepper so how long have
8:41you lived in this house wanted me to
8:43logician it well for the eighth time I
8:45work for Trent well push you that
8:47response
8:48well could you tell mama attention will
8:50meet the 18 solar Santa three
8:57generations
8:58it is gonna set that him you have to say
9:01to him it was a super Fujiyama Jimmy two
9:04days to sing for my mama and daddy may
9:06will prolong and I tell me will to
9:08pantiagua mama Jenny McCarthyism and
9:12your partner's the father of your kids
9:14do they they don't live here with you do
9:21you only had one partner but some would
9:23have had many walking marriages and have
9:26children with many most women just like
9:29the women men stay with their own
9:31families and take care of their sister's
9:33kid but they can be part of their
9:34biological children's lives if they want
9:37to modify your sweet educate mama HSN
9:41qua perfidia yo mama is requesting total
9:45at the Kotel awakened
9:46holoku Haiti Chile Loco this is a winema
9:49so can wash a cyclist in Hawaii State
9:51Payton defied a court reporter Jackie
9:53Cain a supertaster mawashi article is
9:55open Aquajet future cha cha delecia
9:58most of the new hotel exhibition this is
10:00the fourth a total of eight hits of the
10:02bed
10:10the women who have worked really hard in
10:13the fields and carrying heavy loads and
10:16cooking and taking care of a family are
10:18then rewarded when they're older by
10:20becoming the most important figure in
10:21the household the grandma and everyday
10:24she's surrounded by her entire family
10:26and everyone just seems so happy the
10:36next morning we were invited over to the
10:37mostest most famous crafts woman called
10:40Ikeda Zima who also works for the
10:42government and holds an important
10:44position in the community the mosula
10:47we're really beautiful colorful clothes
10:49do you think that this is because it's a
10:51lot Cherokee and that women like things
10:55to be beautiful you're Wesen I'm a lot
10:57thanks Yaya watch what you're doing this
11:01animation
11:03yeah you did it not gonna be just random
11:05come on AHA Tanja that your friend I put
11:08your suits in the neighborhood now how
11:10long the other table find that they get
11:11along well that's a ton of machine
11:15shooted by their long mayor 20 of them
11:18so they show 400 run - oh for sure that
11:21might be true yeah
11:26Akita Zemus work is so famous her
11:29blankets and clothes are shipped all
11:31over the world I wanted to know if the
11:33young wasps who were as fascinated by
11:35the traditional handicraft as I was
11:39Samet by nitrogen also named Beaufort
11:42Simon the world watches for some it says
11:43to the patient that you could good
11:45Saturday
11:46it's a piles and piles of muscle
11:49attempted burglary Tina British brand
11:52called Burberry just another so many
11:54funny see you trainee central Idaho
11:56China Shao Qiang kokoity taiga are the
11:59young girls being taught how to Eve is
12:01there an interest in it you can download
12:02into quiz I hope good city manager your
12:04ticket I mean shittaka justice amazing
12:07kinda what is your short summer payment
12:10so that you turn Susie how I sent you
12:11and there's a jato kazamia - you take
12:13away
12:14that's not not you tell me to paint so
12:16you are you at have metal rush or is it
12:18a problem that so many of the young
12:20people are more interested in the
12:22outside world
12:23Oh Josh I ain't on a quarantine you're a
12:25loser charlie me are not happy sure your
12:27chin to shoulder mayor ginger show drew
12:29the hot hydro Tama the Damacio muscle
12:36women were they warriors to more Sonya
12:38and Hersch the kuan-yin in the Sun that
12:40went here top or bottom
12:42push off me it was interesting to see
12:50someone so in touch both with ancient
12:52traditions and modern life I wanted to
12:56know her thoughts on women's social
12:57status in Moscow a culture Casey Casey
13:03Alicia hi Nick thought y'all sis you
13:05don't don't wanna use you granny
13:08or soya and a hot soya two people show
13:11me
13:15so much what's y'all is that okay
13:20yeah he's Elizabeth hyung there's a Jag
13:24a bellboy
13:25if I would enter a walking marriage who
13:28at your son
13:28what would my life be like you create
13:31chapada honey it's awesome what okay
13:33yeah no honey we would carry me a
13:35lot on my continued candy melt okay
13:37we'll make sure it can ship or whether
13:38you're in China the most romantic life
13:49has in the past often been described as
13:51promiscuous you're hot you're hot I
13:54would yeah yeah oh my how much - sure so
13:57questions about someone Yamaha Tahoe
13:59that I don't say Toyama now what so
14:02Natasha
14:03fufu daga me Oh Popeye them your child
14:06for this how many your chance for former
14:07positions echizen-ya mou-chan
14:10they're doing more so DeLoach a pitcher
14:12shrink-ray yellow euphonic more so that
14:14what I should changing that to you'd see
14:16sweetie she ain't in the heat off the
14:19hole will meet you should we chat here
14:21huh
14:22Donna Sawyer that disappoints you -
14:24totally selfish totally she also washer
14:34when we left IQ dizziness workshop I
14:37decided to talk to the oldest generation
14:39of Massa women who could tell us about
14:41the old days before they had roads or an
14:43electricity so I'm it up with losers
14:46mother who offered to show me around
14:57[Music]
15:12lugu lake was scenic but it was also
15:14being massively remodeled as more hotels
15:17roads in an airport were under
15:19construction
15:20I got the feeling we might be the last
15:23film crew to capture life in lugu lake
15:25before the tourists invade on a whole
15:28new level
15:59see you love my you should see ho ho
16:05howdy ho ho ho t large low I should see
16:12you tomorrow
16:15are you worried that with all these
16:18changes and all these new opportunities
16:20for young people that the ancient muscle
16:23traditions are disappearing Tommy Tommy
16:32come up with you kitty I was under the
16:36impression that in a matriarchy the
16:38women will be treated like Queens and
16:40the men would be doing most of the hard
16:41work but it seems like women are working
16:43way harder here Jay a nudie nudie see
16:47you to channel hero get your julia has
16:53inning of quoi Queenie
16:58you learn more talk or tour tonight
17:02amore time after she loses mom proudly
17:07took me out to the field she'd worked
17:09and farmed her whole life well yeah yeah
17:18you sure culture needs to fire either
17:21you can't that be Sheila do you do this
17:29all day
17:30you must have such muscles I mean look
17:35at this place it's like ridiculously
17:37beautiful and organic and everything but
17:40it's sort of lost a bit of its charm
17:42to me after having had tea with the
17:44grandmas because I can't help but
17:46feeling that matriarchy here is just a
17:49way of glorifying housewives and the
17:52women works so hard but at least they're
17:55being appreciated for what they're doing
17:56they're the ones inheriting the property
17:59and it's pretty sensible actually you'll
18:02never have a woman on the street with
18:04her kids not knowing where to go how to
18:06feed them and they're always getting
18:08lots of help from their families so
18:09there are no divorces
18:10there's no slut-shaming there's the sort
18:13of acknowledgement of how love is
18:16something fleeting and in their own way
18:20they have found some form of gender
18:23balance I guess to find out how the
18:27younger girls felt about the very
18:29traditional way of life that Damacio is
18:31the elite we caught up with our museum
18:33guide Kim and her best friend Zima both
18:35in the early 20s into the juvenile game
18:39how's your teaching on Twitter adonijah
18:43I just I'm sure I'm in catch them so
18:47what are you hopes for the future war to
18:51survive has food and so on the job
18:53transcendental Trisha
18:55yeah young girl show but they ship
18:57nature that's a war whatever could you
19:00put we had your Darwin in Navarre
19:11congratulations
19:12we companion Bernstein Jackie Jones
19:18[Music]
19:24oh I'm getting all dressed up to go to
19:38Masood it's really exciting I hope I'm
19:42not too big for to clubs I only imagined
19:45out see you guys have like you you have
19:51smartphones you listen to pop music and
19:54you like Twilight and things like that
19:56what do you grandmothers think about
19:58that come on looking at you in a movie
20:03you don't you let your eye open manna
20:07new telephoto man or woman part
20:12Ron so there's any sort of flirting
20:15happen at these dances mentally often so
20:29a man does my show is cute what are the
20:33codes also show each other behind you so
20:42I do this three times with my finger if
20:44I think someone's cute
20:45okay so who's your dream boy or pajama
20:51shirt on Rohan young Hank what the
20:56tup for like the k-pop stars
21:02chances of Hatta Rajasa fine your lies
21:05no more than teach me to dunwyn boys
21:13[Applause]
21:21[Music]
21:27[Applause]
21:36the dance is used to be away from also
21:39to flirt but these days like everything
21:42else it seemed to mainly service
21:44entertainment for tourists it was our
22:24last night
22:24so we all went to the local pub to say
22:28goodbye have you ever experienced they
22:54told us almost 80% of young mas will
22:56leave for bigger cities where they often
22:58get married and lead mainstream lives
23:00also home Superman saw so much of the
23:03channel - it's a you trip on
23:06Jeremy from Jerusalem if you would go to
23:09a bigger city would you stay there and
23:11try to find a wife there and the light
23:14there when you come back
23:18young lugu lake is a place in transition
23:26and the young masa we met seemed
23:28frustrated about being caught between
23:30ancient tradition and the temptations of
23:33the new China at their fingertips
23:35although their lives were far from
23:37perfect they were just as annoyed with
23:40social structures as anyone else they
23:42definitely had something special and it
23:45was unclear if their traditions would
23:47survive
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24:23[Applause]
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