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Wed, 2005-11-30 22:41
deepak wrote:
there are other matrilineal societies, but no known Matriarchal and Matrilineal society other than Kerala Nair community.
Deepak

This is purely academic

Sumatran Minangkabau community is matriarchal.

matriarchal cultures of the Mosuo in China also need to be mentioned.

Again, the Berber people of North Africa, known as the oldest people of that region, live in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The mother is the "central post" -- the spirit that guards the house, without whom the house breaks down.

Another culture in the town of Juchitan, in Southern Mexico, a city of 100,000, has "strong matriarchal characteristics." They have a "mother-centered" genealogy

Such communities generally have better and healthy gender balance

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