Lugu Lake in the foothills of the Himalayas is home to China’s 40,000-people-strong Mosuo tribe, one of the world’s last matriarchies. Living more or less isolated for centuries, the Mosuo tribe have developed their own unique family structure in which there is no traditional father role and inheritance is matrilineal, passed from mother to the oldest daughter. Instead of traditional marriages, the Mosuo have “walking marriages” , where each partner continues living with his or her respective family. Above: Lamu’s grandmother and mother. Several generations of women live together in the household, along with their brothers and uncles. All the women help out with the children equally. The women are the providers and those working the hardest in the field to put food on the table, whilst the men traditionally travel to trade goods or focus on heavy labour like construction work. Picture: Milène Larsson and Xia Han / Broadly

Credit : Milène Larsson and Xia Han / Broadly