Imagine a people whose language has no word for“marriage”or“husband”．Just such a tribe lives in the mountains of southeastern China.Lake Lugu，known as the“Country of Women”，is home to the Mosuo.It is one of the few__16__matriarchal(母系的)societies in the world which manage to __17__through thousands of years.

　　Mosuo culture goes around women：the women make all the important__18__，control the family's resources，and pass their__19__onto their children.__20__marrying，a Mosuo woman takes many lovers over her lifetime，and the resulting children will__21__ live with her.__22__the Mosuo language has a word for“mother”，there is__23__word for“father”and Mosuo children__24__all older men as“uncle”．

　　Getting to Lake Lugu isn't easy，which helped the tribe keep their customs and__25__.A generation ago，few outsiders had ever__26__Lake Lugu or the Mosuo.

　　But in recent years，word__27__about the value of their culture and the beauty of the lake.These reports attracted travelers and，__28__，this once­isolated paradise seems filled with tourists who've come to see the locals.Along with the visitors__29__stories of the outside world，__30__the young to leave home for the__31__in search of new opportunities.

　　For better or worse，the unique world of the Mosuo people is __32__.Many of the older Mosuo women__33__the old days，before the outsiders came with their strange clothing and stranger__34__.But most agree that change is necessary.And some of the younger Mosuo women are speaking openly about getting__35__，a word their grandmothers still don't understand.

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