Tuesday, March 29, 2005

I read today that the Ede tribe in Vietnam are "matrilineal...the families of Ede girls make proposals of marriage to men and, once wed, the couple resides with the wife's family. Children bear the mother's family name. Inheritance is also reserved solely for women, particularly the youngest daughter of the family. Ede women generally wear colourfully embroidered vests with copper and silver jewellery, and beads". Of course they do...they are special. It's nice to learn these things.