Tiwa people

E174735

The Tiwa people are an indigenous ethnic group of northeastern India, primarily in Assam and Meghalaya, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language, agrarian lifestyle, and rich festival traditions such as Jonbeel Mela.

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Label Occurrences
Tiwa people canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
associatedWith Karbi Anglong district ⓘ
linked to: Karbi Anglong

Morigaon district ⓘ
Nagaon district ⓘ
Ri-Bhoi district ⓘ
linked to: Ri Bhoi district
autonomousRegion Tiwa Autonomous Council area ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalHeritage folk tales ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
culturalPractice community feasts ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
economicActivity agrarian lifestyle ⓘ
ethnicity Tiwa ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman ⓘ
festival Jonbeel Mela ⓘ
Langkhon festival ⓘ
Sogra festival ⓘ
Wanshuwa festival ⓘ
governedBy Tiwa Autonomous Council ⓘ
hasClanSystem yes ⓘ
language Tiwa language ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
locatedIn Assam ⓘ
Meghalaya ⓘ
music bamboo instruments ⓘ
traditional drums ⓘ
nativeName Tiwa ⓘ
neighboringGroup Assamese people ⓘ
Karbi people ⓘ
Khasi people ⓘ
politicalOrganization village council ⓘ
primaryLivelihood wet rice cultivation ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe (Hills) in Assam ⓘ
Scheduled Tribe (Plains) in Assam ⓘ
region Northeastern India ⓘ
linked to: Northeast India
religion Hinduism ⓘ
indigenous religion ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
traditionalDress chador ⓘ
phaskai ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
usesScript Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script

Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Assamese people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tiwa people ⓘ
Karbi Anglong district → majorEthnicGroup → Tiwa people ⓘ
subject linked to: Karbi Anglong district of Assam
Morigaon district → hasEthnicGroup → Tiwa people ⓘ
Picuris Pueblo → ethnicGroup → Tiwa people ⓘ
Tiwa language → ethnicGroup → Tiwa people ⓘ
Jonbeel Mela → mainParticipants → Tiwa people ⓘ
Wanshuwa festival → cultureOf → Tiwa people ⓘ
Wanshuwa festival → celebratedBy → Tiwa people ⓘ
Langkhon festival → ethnicGroup → Tiwa people ⓘ
Sogra festival → celebratedBy → Tiwa people ⓘ
Kachari people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tiwa people ⓘ