The purpose of this essay is to explain the culture behind The Mosuo people. By using the “Barrel Model” I will break down the culture’s internal and external factors and how they have become a civilized society. The Barrel Model breaks elements or characteristics of a culture into three sections. The three sections that the model are broken into are Infrastructure, Social Structure, and Superstructure. The cultural aspect is what they value in beliefs or ideas, and the behaviors that come from these beliefs and values. These aspects have shaped the Mosuo people. The things that have shaped the society of the Mosuo people in infrastructure are substance and settlement. The topics in social structure are kinship and gender roles. Lastly, superstructure
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If there is not harmony or peace in their households, subsequently the meaning of life is nonexistent. I found the relationships strange, for the reason that in a society like ours, people do not believe in a man not living with his wife or his children, but to the Mosuo it is common and both groups have to come to an agreement to be together (Shih, Chuan-Kang) by doing so they both understand that the Tisese between the two are nonexclusive for most women this is not common especially if they have children together (Shih, Chuan-Kang quest for …show more content…
Women are viewed upon as being the head of the households and they are in charge of the finances. While men tend to leisure their time and gossip. There are three classes in this culture like our society in the US we have higher class and lower class. While the Mosuo people have Sipi who is the aristocrats, the Dzeka are commoners, and the Wer who are servants.
Conclusion
In this paper, I have described The Mosuo culture using the Barrel Model. The Mosuo people are food foragers. They have a strange way of living their lives, but that makes their culture more exciting. They are a strict family orientated community that thrives on subsistence and social organization they believe in having countless children without knowing who the father is they just take care of each other. By using the Barrel Method we begin to understand the Nature of the Mosuo people’s
If there is not harmony or peace in their households, subsequently the meaning of life is nonexistent. I found the relationships strange, for the reason that in a society like ours, people do not believe in a man not living with his wife or his children, but to the Mosuo it is common and both groups have to come to an agreement to be together (Shih, Chuan-Kang) by doing so they both understand that the Tisese between the two are nonexclusive for most women this is not common especially if they have children together (Shih, Chuan-Kang quest for …show more content…
Women are viewed upon as being the head of the households and they are in charge of the finances. While men tend to leisure their time and gossip. There are three classes in this culture like our society in the US we have higher class and lower class. While the Mosuo people have Sipi who is the aristocrats, the Dzeka are commoners, and the Wer who are servants.
Conclusion
In this paper, I have described The Mosuo culture using the Barrel Model. The Mosuo people are food foragers. They have a strange way of living their lives, but that makes their culture more exciting. They are a strict family orientated community that thrives on subsistence and social organization they believe in having countless children without knowing who the father is they just take care of each other. By using the Barrel Method we begin to understand the Nature of the Mosuo people’s