Fuggita dalla povertà della sua famiglia, viene notata da alcuni ufficiali cinesi e ammessa al conservatorio di Shanghai: imparerà lì a leggere e a scrivere diventando poi una cantante di fama internazionale. In questo remoto angolo del mondo, negli anni Sessanta, nasce Namu, ragazza ribelle e indipendente che sfida le regole della sua gente per costruirsi la sua vita. Figli di una civiltà fondata sul matriarcato, i Moso non conoscono né padri né mariti e, anzi, non possiedono nemmeno le parole per designarli vivono l'amore con grande libertà e i loro legami si formano e si sciolgono senza costrizioni sociali. Il paese delle donne è quello del popolo Moso, un piccolo fazzoletto di terra cinese ai piedi dell'Himalaya. We also get a good insight of how the relationship between power in Beijing and minorities in the provinces has evolved over time. Like many emigrants, when she comes back home she finds it difficult to adjust.Ĭhange in her life and career run parallel to change in China- She was born in 1966, when the Cultural Revolution started, but by the time she is an adolescent singer Mao is dead and China begins the dramatic transformation that we all know.įrom the personal history of Namu we learn about customs of her Moso people, and I became curious to visit her province. She leaves her Moso community, a small mountain minority of this multiethnic country, for the big city and later for Europe and America. Little Namu sings very well, and the authorities give her a chance to leave her native Yunnan to study at the Shanghai conservatory. It is a universal tale of mothers and daughters - the battles that drive them apart and the love that brings them back together.
#CANTANTE EL MOSO FULL#
A lyrical combination of anthropology and memoir, this is a story full of surprise, drama and beauty. Winning a place at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music as a special minority student, Namu became "the Madonna of Tibet", singing on the soundtrack of "The Joy Luck Club". When Chinese officials came looking for talented singers, she seized her chance and broke the taboo that holds Moso culture together - she left her mother's house. The strong-willed Namu clashed with her equally fierce mother, becoming alienated from village life. In her village, Namu was known as the girl whose mother tried to give her away three times because she would not stop crying.
This book is the haunting memoir of a girl growing up in a remarkable place.
There is no word for father, marriage is considered a backward practice and property is passed on from mother to daughter. In Moso culture, daughters are favoured children. The Tibetans refer to Moso country as "The Country of Daughters" because of their unique matrilineal society.
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