The Flower Room

Dramatised and directed by Shaun Macloughlin from Leaving Mother Lake by Erche Namu and Christine Mathieu.

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20060807

Namu is a Mosuo, from a matriarchal ethnic minority in the Himalayas near Tibet.

As a child she tended yaks on the mountain pastures, but later she competed to become a famous pop star, described as the Chinese Brigitte Bardot.

20060808

After her skirt ceremony, Namu a Chinese ethnic minority girl has her own Flower Room, where she may receive lovers.

20060809

Namu takes five days on horseback and four days by train from Lake Lugu to Beijing, where she wins the all-China singing competition.

20060810

At 16 Namu quarrels with her mother and travels 3000 miles to audition for the Shanghai Music Conservatory.

05 LAST

20060811

After five years at the Shanghai Music Conservatory and a romantic exchange of letters, Namu returns to her home in the Chinese Himalayas.

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01		20060807	Namu is a Mosuo, from a matriarchal ethnic minority in the Himalayas near Tibet. As a child she tended yaks on the mountain pastures, but later she competed to become a famous pop star, described as the Chinese Brigitte Bardot.
02	*	20060808	After her skirt ceremony, Namu a Chinese ethnic minority girl has her own Flower Room, where she may receive lovers.
03	*	20060809	Namu takes five days on horseback and four days by train from Lake Lugu to Beijing, where she wins the all-China singing competition.
04	*	20060810	At 16 Namu quarrels with her mother and travels 3000 miles to audition for the Shanghai Music Conservatory.
05 LAST		20060811	After five years at the Shanghai Music Conservatory and a romantic exchange of letters, Namu returns to her home in the Chinese Himalayas.