Himalaya With Michael Palin
Leaping Tigers
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Following the Yangtze River along Tiger Leaping Gorge into Yunnan in South West China, Michael Palin reaches the easternmost end of the Himalayas. At Lugu Lake he is the guest of the celebrated Mosuo singer Namu, who explains the intricacies of the matrilineal Mosuos’ walking marriage where the women pick and choose their lovers at will.