Property and the rights to inherit property belonged to sons only after the father passed away. Women played almost no role in the social and family life. Marriage and wedding among the Pu people have been strongly influenced by their customs and practices. After their weddings, the grooms must stay matrilocally for three to five years, or even 10 years. If both sides agree to divorce, their family property shall be halved for them.
Children bear their fathers' family names.
People of this ethnic group follow polytheims, holding that everything has soul and human beings are surrounded with the world of deities and ghosts. So, worships must be held to ask for forgiveness from the deities and their support to people and the community in overcoming difficulties and disasters. The Lu people are convinced that human beings have many souls which will go on living when people die. The funeral is organized solemnly to see the dead's soul off to the permanent world, not letting it roaming about in the world of the living. The Lu customs and practices prescribe the marriage in a strict manner in order to protect the health of the entire community prohibiting intra-lineal marriages.