Editing Mosuo (section)

{{Short description|Chinese minority people}}
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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Mosuo<br />(also Moso, Musuo, Mosso and Naxi<ref name="Mòso o Mòsso">{{cite web|url=http://www.sapere.it/enciclopedia/M%C3%B2so+o+M%C3%B2sso.html|title=Mòso o Mòsso|access-date=11 September 2015}}</ref> )
| population = 50,000
| popplace = {{flag|China}}{{nbsp|2}}<small>([[Sichuan]]{{·}} [[Yunnan]])</small>
| languages = [[Na language|Na]]
| religions = [[Daba (religion)|Daba]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/yunnan/luguhu/2011-06/29/content_12801228.htm |title = Daba religion}}</ref> and [[Tibetan Buddhism]]
| related = [[Nakhi people|Nakhi]]
}}
[[File:Mosuo girl weaver in Old town Lijiang.JPG|thumb|right|Mosuo girl weaver in Old town Lijiang]]
[[File:摩梭人宗教儀式用服 20190928185804.jpg|thumb|Clothes of religious ceremonies of Moso, photo taken at Moso's Folk museum.]]

The '''Mosuo''' ({{zh|c=[[wikt:摩梭|摩梭]]|p=Mósuō}}; also spelled '''Moso''', '''Mosso''' or '''Musuo'''), often incorrectly referred to as the '''Naxi''',<ref name="Mòso o Mòsso"/> are an [[Ethnicity|ethnic group]] living in [[China]]'s [[Yunnan]] and [[Sichuan]] Provinces. Consisting of a population of approximately 50,000, many of them live in the Yongning region, around [[Lugu Lake]], in Labai, in Muli, and in Yanyuan.

Although the Mosuo are culturally distinct from the [[Nashi people|Nashi]], the [[Government of the People's Republic of China|Chinese government]] places them as members of the Nashi minority. The Nashi are about 320,000 people spread throughout different provinces in China. Their culture has been documented by indigenous scholars [[Lamu Gatusa]], Latami Dashi, Yang Lifen, and He Mei.<ref>The collection of papers that Latami Dashi edited, published in 2006, contains an extensive list of references in Chinese, and a bibliography of books and articles in other languages (especially English) compiled by He Sanna.</ref>