Galo

E209852

The Galo are an indigenous tribal community of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India, known for their distinct language, traditional festivals, and agrarian lifestyle.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Galo canonical 6
Galo (Adi) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
scheduled tribe ⓘ
agriculturalPractice shifting cultivation ⓘ
wet rice cultivation ⓘ
celebrates Mopin festival ⓘ
linked to: Wanshuwa festival
country India ⓘ
culturalTrait oral traditions ⓘ
rice beer brewing ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tani peoples ⓘ
festival Harvest festivals ⓘ
Mopin ⓘ
governedUnder Sixth Schedule protections (broad tribal context in Northeast India) ⓘ
language Galo language ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
Tani languages ⓘ
locatedIn Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
neighboringGroups Adi people ⓘ
Nyishi people ⓘ
Tagin people ⓘ
linked to: Tani peoples
populationRegion Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
primaryRegion Leparada district ⓘ
Lower Siang district ⓘ
Siang district ⓘ
Upper Subansiri district ⓘ
West Siang district ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
region Eastern Himalayas ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Donyi-Polo ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
stateOfficialLanguageContext Galo language recognized as a tribal language of Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
traditionalBeliefSystem sun and moon worship (Donyi and Polo) ⓘ
traditionalCouncil Kebang ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalHousingMaterial bamboo ⓘ
thatch ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion Donyi-Polo ⓘ
usesScript Latin script (for Galo language, in modern usage) ⓘ

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