The Chinese women who rule the roost

China's Mosuo tribe has been living more or less in isolation for centuries - tucked away in the foothills of the Himalayas. It's one of the world's last surviving matriarchies, in which there is no traditional father role and inheritance is matrilineal, passed from mother to the oldest daughter.
Milène Larsson is a correspondent for Broadly and recently travelled to Lugu Lake to make a film about three generations of Mosuo women.

(Photo: Mosuo grandmother, with her grandchildren, Lugu Lake. All photos courtesy of Milène Larsson and Xia Han/Broadly. Video clips courtesy of Broadly)