Rabari community

E185499

The Rabari community is a traditionally nomadic pastoralist group of herders and camel breeders from western India, especially Gujarat and Rajasthan, known for their distinctive dress, embroidery, and rich folk traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Rabari community canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
nomadic community ⓘ
pastoralist community ⓘ
associatedDeity Parvati ⓘ
linked to: Goddess Gauri

Shiva ⓘ
local pastoral deities ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice arranged marriages within community ⓘ
elaborate wedding rituals ⓘ
gendered division of labor ⓘ
dressStyle black or white woolen garments for men ⓘ
brightly colored embroidered garments for women ⓘ
heavy silver ornaments for women ⓘ
white or black turbans for men ⓘ
embroideryStyle floral motifs ⓘ
geometric motifs ⓘ
embroideryTechnique mirror inlay work ⓘ
heritageStatus part of traditional pastoral cultures of India ⓘ
knownFor camel caravans ⓘ
distinctive dress ⓘ
elaborate embroidery ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
mirror work textiles ⓘ
nomadic pastoralism ⓘ
oral storytelling traditions ⓘ
silver jewelry ⓘ
tattooing traditions ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Gujarati ⓘ
Rajasthani ⓘ
livelihood sale of animals ⓘ
sale of milk ⓘ
sale of wool ⓘ
menRole herd management ⓘ
long-distance migration ⓘ
migrationPattern seasonal migration with herds ⓘ
primaryRegion Gujarat ⓘ
Rajasthan ⓘ
region Western India ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
folk Hindu practices ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
patrilineal descent ⓘ
traditionalHousing temporary camps ⓘ
tents ⓘ
traditionalOccupation animal herding ⓘ
camel breeding ⓘ
goat herding ⓘ
sheep herding ⓘ
womenRole embroidery production ⓘ
household management ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Rann of Kutch → ethnicGroup → Rabari community ⓘ