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Diedie Weng |
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Abstract: In the summer of 2004, Chinese filmmaker, Diedie Weng, followed American scholar, Carol Bliss, and Mosuo writer, Lamu Gatusa, to collect traditional Mosuo folk songs for Carol's research. From tourist Mosuo Villages to remote Mosuo mountain villages, "Mosuo Song Journey" presents a personal journey resonating with the singing of different generations of Mosuo people in a transitional period of their life under the influence of tourism, pop culture and education. Surrounded by mountains, between the border of Yunnan and Sichuan Province in Southwest China, the Mosuo people live on the banks of Lugu Lake. For over a thousand years, Mosuo people have kept a Matrilineal tradition, in which women head the household. Mosuo sisters and brothers live in the family organized by the bloodline of their mothers. Within this unique background, the Mosuo have been encouraged by the State to develop tourism since the early 1990s. As a result, Mosuo society has started opening to the world and attracting increasing worldwide attention as "A Kingdom of Goddesses" from both tourists and scholars. Production Date: March, 2007 Distributed by the filmmaker. Website: http://www.butterflybutterfly.info/mosuo_song_journey/ Email: by7starflowers@gmail.com Running Time: 38 Medium: DVD Film Credits: Director, Videography & Editor: Diedie Weng Producer: Diedie Weng, Carol Bliss Keywords: Mosuo, Folk Music, China, Ethnic Culture, Cultural Change, Tourism | ||||||||||||||||||
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