Tibetan people

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The Tibetan people are an ethnic group native to the Tibetan Plateau in Asia, known for their distinct Himalayan culture, Tibetan Buddhism, and traditional pastoral and agricultural lifestyles.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
associatedWith Jokhang Temple ⓘ
Lhasa ⓘ
Potala Palace ⓘ
averageElevationOfHomeland over 4000 meters ⓘ
climateAdaptation high-altitude adaptation ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culture Buddhist culture ⓘ
Himalayan culture ⓘ
diasporaCenter Dharamshala ⓘ
McLeod Ganj ⓘ
historicalEmpire Tibetan Empire ⓘ
historicalPolity Tibet ⓘ
language Tibetan language ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
majorReligion Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
nativeTo Himalayas ⓘ
Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
notablePractice circumambulation of sacred sites ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ
use of prayer flags ⓘ
use of prayer wheels ⓘ
primaryRegion Gansu ⓘ
linked to: Gansu Province

Qinghai ⓘ
Sichuan ⓘ
linked to: Sichuan Province

Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
Yunnan ⓘ
linked to: Yunnan Province
recognizedAs ethnic minority in China ⓘ
religion Bön ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Bhutan ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Western countries ⓘ
spiritualLeader Dalai Lama ⓘ
Panchen Lama ⓘ
traditionalArchitecture fortress-like houses ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ
traditionalArt religious sculpture ⓘ
sand mandala ⓘ
thangka painting ⓘ
traditionalClothing chuba ⓘ
traditionalCrop barley ⓘ
traditionalDrink butter tea ⓘ
chang ⓘ
traditionalFestival Losar ⓘ
Saga Dawa ⓘ
Shoton Festival ⓘ
traditionalFood butter tea ⓘ
tsampa ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalMusic chanting ⓘ
long horns ⓘ
ritual music ⓘ
traditionalOccupation sheep herding ⓘ
yak herding ⓘ
traditionalReligion Bön ⓘ
writingSystem Tibetan script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (81)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sino-Tibetan languages → spokenBy → Tibetan people ⓘ
Tibetan Plateau → inhabitedBy → Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Tibet Autonomous Region → ethnicGroup → Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Dalai Lama → ethnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Western China → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Lanzhou → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Tingri County → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Qiang people → relatedEthnicGroups → Tibetan people ⓘ
Nyainqêntanglha Range → isSacredTo → Tibetan people ⓘ
Eastern Tibet → traditionalInhabitants → Tibetans ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Tibet
linked to: Tibetan people
Eastern Tibet → hasEthnicGroup → Khampa Tibetans ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Tibet
linked to: Tibetan people
Nangpa La → associatedWith → Tibetan diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Aisin Gioro → ethnicGroupRuled → Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Taktser, Amdo, Tibet → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Lisu → neighboringEthnicGroups → Tibetan people ⓘ
Losar → observedBy → Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Losar → observedBy → Tibetan diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Qiang → relatedEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Monpa → culturallyRelatedTo → Tibetan people ⓘ
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture → ethnicAutonomyFor → Tibetans ⓘ
subject linked to: Diqing
linked to: Tibetan people
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetans ⓘ
subject linked to: Diqing
linked to: Tibetan people
Students for Free Tibet → foundedBy → Tibetan exiles ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Nujiang → ethnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Southwest China → ethnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Sherpa people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Tingri → hasEthnicMajority → Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Xining → ethnicGroup → Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Inland China → culturalFeature → TibetanCulture ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Idu Mishmi people → neighboringGroups → Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Himalayan region → inhabitedBy → Tibetan people ⓘ
Dazhao Temple → associatedEthnicGroups → Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Sikkim Himalaya → supportsCulture → Bhutia people ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Nyingma school → ethnicGroupAssociated → Tibetan people ⓘ
Balti people → ancestralOrigin → Tibetan people ⓘ
Nagqu Prefecture-level City → ethnicGroup → Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Tara → worshippedBy → Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Lhakpa Tsamchoe → culturalBackground → Tibetan diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Tibetan government-in-exile → represents → Tibetan diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
CIHTS → regionServed → Tibetan diaspora ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Bhutia → spokenBy → Bhutia people ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Ersuic peoples → neighboringGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Xigazê City → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Xigazê prefecture-level city → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Southwestern Tibet → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
subject linked to: southwestern Tibet
Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture → ethnicGroup → Tibetans ⓘ
linked to: Tibetan people
Qilian County → ethnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Melvyn Goldstein → studiesTopic → Tibetan people ⓘ