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THE MATRIARCHAL SOCIETIES FAWAD AHMED JAMALI REG # 1311130 B.B.A 4B

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THE MATRIARCHAL SOCIETIES FAWAD AHMED JAMALI

REG # 1311130B.B.A 4B

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OUTLINE…

WHAT IS MATRIARCHY?INTER-LINKED TERMS MATRIARCHAL SOCITIES SOCIETY OPERATIONS DIFFERING VALUES/NORMS DISCUSSION POINT

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MATRIARCHY??? A form of social organization in which the

mother or the oldest female heads the family. Descents and relationships are determined

through female line. OR A social system organized around the principle

of mother-rule in which mothers, or females are at the top of the power structure.

“The opposite of matriarchy is patriarchy”

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INTER-LINKED TERMS

Matrilineal Matrifocal Matricentric

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LIST OF EXISTING MATRIARCHAL SOCIETIES Minangkabau Masuo Akan Bribri Garo

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MINANGKABAU

• Indigenous to the Minangkabau highlands of Western Sumatra in Indonesia

• Strongly Muslims but also follow “adat”• The culture is partly matrilineal• Numbers around 8 million

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MINANG CULTURE• Property is inherited through female lineage unit• Boys leave their houses as early as the age of 7 to

live in “Surau”• Man to wait until a marriage proposal is received

from some young woman’s family• Husbands having visitor status• Maternal home considered ideal for married

sisters

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MASUO• Also known as “Na”• Yunnan and Sichuan provinces of China• Numbers around 40000• Linkage with Buddhism, Taoism

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MASUO CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Women being head of the family, heir to the property and business decision maker

• Barter-based system• Preserved pork for upto 10 years• Men and women role• Walking marriages

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AKAN• Ghana and Ivory Coast• Number around 20 million, but only half of them

follow matrilineal customs• Mainly Christians• Minority follow Islam, Akan religion and Atheism

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AKAN CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS• Famous for gold weights• Clan-based system• Marriage with mutual agreement• Initially engaged in slave trade

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BRIBRI• Indigenous people of Talamanca region, Costa Rica• Numbers around 12000• Bribri and Spanish language• Organized into clans

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BRIBRI CUTURAL HIGHLIGHTS• Men and women roles• Preparation of cacao• Beliefs regarding ailment• Iguana farming

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GARO• Indigenous people of Meghalaya, India and

neighboring areas of Bangladesh• Call themselves A-Chik/Manda• Mainly Christians• Population around 1 million

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GARO CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS• Youngest daughter inherits property• Boys sent into bachelor’s dormitory• Marriage is cross-cultural• Food is simple, not spicy• House is multi-attribute

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WHAT IF….

WHAT, IN YOUR OPINION, WOULD THE WORLD WOULD HAVE LIKED IF WE HAD WOMEN IN POWER???

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