8 places on the planet where women are considered the head of the family

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"Tumai" means "hope" in Swahili. An apt name for a village in Kenya founded in 2001 by 30 Samburu women who were no longer willing to put up with male aggression. Sexual contact with men is permitted, but outside the village. Boys born in Tumai will have to leave the village when they turn 16. Girls will stay. The decision on whether to allow newcomers into Tumai is made at a general meeting: the only condition is a divorce from... well, you know who.

The Minangkabau are a living example of how Islam can coexist with female dominance. This Indonesian people number five million, four of whom live on the island of Sumatra. According to local tradition, land, property, and names must be passed down from mother to daughter. On the wedding day, the bride takes the groom from his home to join her family. In the event of a divorce, all property goes to the woman, and the children remain with her.

Kanyabaque has long been known for its rebellious spirit. One of the smallest islands in the Bijagos archipelago, located off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, stubbornly resisted Portuguese colonizers and managed to preserve its matrilineal inheritance traditions. Mothers choose names for their children here. And getting married does not mean that the couple will live together, and the husband will receive any power in the family.

The Navajo are the largest Native American tribe in the United States. Their vast reservation is home to 300,000 people. This matriarchal society provides women with many positions, titles, and ceremonies. For example, in the reservation capital, Window Rock, all girls undergo the “kinalda” ritual after their first menstruation. This important ceremony, during which girls receive their sacred name and are declared women, has remained unchanged for 500 years.

The city of Juchitan in southeastern Mexico resists male dominance. The head of the clan is considered a woman, and the family name and property are inherited through the female line. The women of Juchitan are also active in public life - Judith Lopez (pictured), for example, organized an association to fight AIDS.

Juchitan is a small town in the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, one of the centers of the ancient Zapotec culture. This people is an indigenous population and speaks its own language. Their society is dominated by women, despite the deep-rooted Catholicism in Mexico. There are also those in their society who play a completely unusual social role - bisexual "mushes", with whom the young men of Juchitan gain their first sexual experience. Thanks to the "mushes", girls remain virgins until marriage.

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