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...Updated 4th Jan 2012

Happy New Year everyone from Simon & Katerina*. We have just returned from studying our final Matriarchal Culture in Mexico.... and now we are back in the Czech Republic.

Matriarchal Project.Khasi Matriarch 2006 - 2012
(Where women rule !) By Simon & Katerina

This is a project to highlight the last cultures on the planet that have naturally placed women as equals or even leaders, without them having to fight for their rights.
Cultures include: Khasi, Garo, Minangkobau, Kuna, Mosuo and Zapotec.

See latest photos from our trip on our - Facebook page.

DVD cover by 

Simon Bird Karamoja City Warriors
Documentary & Animated Film 2011.
Watch the Film on-line.

“Admirable and beautiful, I love the use of animation”
'Baby International Film Festival', Kampala, Uganda.

:Read the article that inspired the film.
Removing the Karamojong for CHOGM

KaramojaPainting the Karamojong. 2006 - 2010
By Simon

From my first encounter with the Karamojong people in Kampala, to the wilderness of Karamojaland, I am transported into a world of ethnic conflict and tribal traditions.

Baganda girlBuganda Kingdom 2006 - 2010
By Kateřina

For 4 years I worked on development projects in Uganda, in the area known as the Kingdom of Buganda. To wind down from my work I went out and painted the people and the local culture. The gate to the Buganda Kingdom opens here…

city-warriorKaramojaland 2006 - 2010
(The land of old tired men)
By Kateřina

The Karamojong are feared by all other tribes in East Africa. They come from a completely different world to the Royal Baganda, but now are flocking to Kampala because of hunger and ethnic violence…

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Simon Bird
Katerina Karaskova
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Uganda
Karamojaland Uganda 2007/10
Film:'Karamoja City Warriors'2010
Article: Karamoja CHOGM 2007
Czech Rep. & Slovakia
SlovakGypsies 2006/8
Article: Gyspies revisited 2008
Czech Panelák flats 2006/8
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Monster or Mummy 2004

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Peru & Bolivia / India & Ladahk

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Uganda 2006/10
Baganda Kingdom
Karamojaland

People of Maize - 2006
Guatemala

History & situation
Paintings
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Pictures by locals

Matriarchal Project
Home & about the project 2012

South West China.
Mosuo culture
North East India.
Khasi culture
Garo culture
Sumatra, Indonesia.
Minangkobau culture
South West Mexico.
Zapotec culture
Southern Panama.
Kuna culture

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Contacts: SIMON simoncbird@hotmail.com or KATERINA karak6aj@hotmail.com