Meitei people

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The Meitei people are an ethnic group native to the Indian state of Manipur, known for their distinct culture, martial traditions, and classical dance and music forms.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Meitei people canonical 47
Meitei 10
Meitei community 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
capitalRegion Imphal ⓘ
classicalDanceForm Manipuri classical dance ⓘ
classicalMusic Nata Sankirtana ⓘ
country India ⓘ
cuisine Chamthong (vegetable stew) ⓘ
Eromba ⓘ
Ngari-based dishes (fermented fish) ⓘ
Singju (salad) ⓘ
culturalDanceContext Ras Lila is associated with Krishna devotion ⓘ
culturalIdentity distinct from Naga and Kuki-Zomi groups ⓘ
diaspora Assam ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Nagaland ⓘ
Tripura ⓘ
festival Cheiraoba ⓘ
Kang (Rath Yatra) ⓘ
linked to: Rath Yatra

Lai Haraoba ⓘ
Ningol Chakouba ⓘ
Yaoshang ⓘ
historicalTitleOfRuler Maharaja of Manipur ⓘ
ISO639Code mni (for Meitei/Manipuri language) ⓘ
language Manipuri language ⓘ
linked to: Manipuri

Meitei language ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
martialArt Huyen Langlon ⓘ
Thang-Ta ⓘ
mythology Khamba Thoibi legend ⓘ
Meitei mythology ⓘ
linked to: Sanamahism
nativeTo Manipur ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
populationCenter Imphal Valley ⓘ
primaryRegion Imphal Valley ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe (ST) in India (from 2023, subject to legal and political developments) ⓘ
major ethnic group of Manipur ⓘ
recognizedLanguageStatus Manipuri language is in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
religion Christianity (minority) ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Sanamahism ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ
religiousReformHistory adoption of Vaishnavite Hinduism in the 18th century under King Pamheiba (Garib Niwaj) ⓘ
script Bengali script (historically used) ⓘ
Meitei Mayek ⓘ
linked to: Meitei Mayek script
sportsContribution pioneers of modern polo through Sagol Kangjei ⓘ
traditionalDance Pung Cholom ⓘ
Ras Lila ⓘ
Thang-Ta performance elements ⓘ
traditionalHouseholdShrine Sanamahi Kachin ⓘ
traditionalInstrument Kartal (cymbals) ⓘ
Pena ⓘ
Pung (drum) ⓘ
traditionalMusic Pena music ⓘ
traditionalPolity Kingdom of Manipur ⓘ
traditionalReligion Sanamahism ⓘ
traditionalReligionDeity Leimarel Sidabi ⓘ
Pakhangba ⓘ
Sanamahi ⓘ
traditionalSport Mukna (wrestling) ⓘ
Sagol Kangjei (traditional polo) ⓘ
Yubi Lakpi ⓘ
traditionalTheatre Shumang Leela ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (66)

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

Sino-Tibetan languages → spokenBy → Meitei people ⓘ
Northeast India → hasEthnicGroup → Meitei people ⓘ
Manipur → ethnicGroup → Meitei people ⓘ
Barak Valley → hasCulturalGroup → Manipuri community ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
South Asian ethnic groups → includesEthnicGroup → Meiteis ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Meitei language → nativeTo → Meitei people ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman peoples → hasEthnicGroup → Meitei people ⓘ
Sanamahism → religionOf → Meitei people ⓘ
Sanamahism → associatedEthnicity → Meitei ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Manipuri → primaryEthnicGroup → Meitei people ⓘ
Meitei Mayek script → usedBy → Meitei people ⓘ
Meitei Mayek script → associatedEthnicGroup → Meitei ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Imphal Valley → ethnicMajority → Meitei people ⓘ
Nata Sankirtana → culture → Meitei ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Nata Sankirtana → ethnicGroup → Meitei people ⓘ
Thang-Ta → ethnicGroupOfOrigin → Meitei people ⓘ
Huyen Langlon → ethnicGroupOfOrigin → Meitei people ⓘ
Sagol Kangjei → ethnicGroupAssociated → Meitei people ⓘ
Yubi Lakpi → practicedBy → Meitei community ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Mukna (wrestling) → ethnicGroupOfOrigin → Meitei people ⓘ
Pena → usedBy → Meitei people ⓘ
Pena → ethnicGroup → Meitei ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Pung (drum) → ethnicGroup → Meitei people ⓘ
Kartal (cymbals) → usedBy → Meitei people ⓘ
Khamba Thoibi legend → hasCulture → Meitei ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Sanamahi → culture → Meitei ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Sanamahi → worshippedBy → Meitei people ⓘ
Leimarel Sidabi → culture → Meitei ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Leimarel Sidabi → ethnicGroup → Meitei people ⓘ
Leimarel Sidabi → veneratedBy → Meitei people ⓘ
Pakhangba → culture → Meitei ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Pakhangba → worshippedBy → Meitei people ⓘ
Lai Haraoba → practicedBy → Meitei people ⓘ
Lai Haraoba → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Meitei ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Yaoshang → celebratedBy → Meitei people ⓘ
Yaoshang → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Meitei ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Ningol Chakouba → observedBy → Meitei Hindus ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Ningol Chakouba → observedBy → Meitei Sanamahists ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Cheiraoba → celebratedBy → Meitei people ⓘ
Cheiraoba → observedBy → Hindu Meiteis ⓘ
linked to: Meitei people
Kingdom of Manipur → ethnicCore → Meitei people ⓘ
Eromba → ethnicOrigin → Meitei people ⓘ
Chamthong → ethnicOrigin → Meitei people ⓘ
subject linked to: Chamthong (vegetable stew)