A world without fathers or husbands 2000

Overview

At the other end of the world, in the foothills of the Himalayas, in the south-west of China, a little-known ethnic group of 30,000 has been able to preserve its singular rituals and traditions throughout the ages : an astonishing feat of resistance on the part of the Moso culture... a "female kingdom" at an altitude of some 2,700 metres on the shores of Lake Lugu, where our Western conceptions have no purchase. In this enclave cut off from the world, the woman plays a primary role. The mother