The Mosuo people (seen here at Kunming, Yunnan) practise a kind of 'open marriage' where partners are not fixed for life.
The Mosuo community in China practices open marriages and women are the head of the house.
The Mosuo community of China is one of the few matrilineal societies in the world. A closer example to us is the Minangkabau and their adat pepatih in Negri Sembilan.
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