Apatani

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The Apatani are an indigenous tribal community of northeastern India known for their unique wet rice and fish farming practices, distinctive facial tattoos and nose plugs (historically among women), and rich ecological and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Apatani people 27
Apatani canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
tribal community ⓘ
academicInterest studied as model of sustainable mountain agriculture ⓘ
agriculturalSystem organic manure-based farming ⓘ
terraced paddy fields without use of draft animals ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalFeature complex ritual system ⓘ
indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
currentTrend facial tattooing largely discontinued ⓘ
nose plug practice largely discontinued ⓘ
DreeFestivalType agricultural festival ⓘ
environmentalRelationship intensive land use with high biodiversity conservation ⓘ
fishSpeciesCultivated common carp ⓘ
heritageStatus Ziro Valley proposed for UNESCO World Heritage List ⓘ
historicalPractice insertion of large nose plugs in women ⓘ
tattooing of women’s faces ⓘ
historicalPracticeReason believed to discourage raiders from abducting women ⓘ
knownFor distinctive facial tattoos ⓘ
indigenous religious practices ⓘ
integrated rice–fish farming system ⓘ
nose plugs worn by women (historically) ⓘ
rich cultural traditions ⓘ
sustainable agricultural practices ⓘ
traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
wet rice cultivation ⓘ
language Apatani language ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
Tani languages ⓘ
locatedIn Northeast India ⓘ
majorFestival Dree festival ⓘ
Myoko festival ⓘ
MyokoFestivalType festival of friendship and prosperity ⓘ
populationRegion concentrated in Ziro and surrounding villages ⓘ
primaryDistrict Lower Subansiri district ⓘ
primaryRegion Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
primaryValley Ziro Valley ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based society ⓘ
socialStructure village councils ⓘ
traditionalCraft bamboo work ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalDance ritual dances ⓘ
traditionalDress distinctive woven garments ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses made of bamboo and wood ⓘ
traditionalMusic folk songs ⓘ
traditionalReligion Donyi-Polo ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (35)

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

Arunachal Pradesh → hasTribe → Apatani ⓘ
Tani languages → associatedWith → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Miri → relatedEthnicGroup → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
North-East Frontier Agency → ethnicGroups → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Ziro → hasEthnicGroup → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Tagin → relatedEthnicGroups → Apatani ⓘ
Subansiri district → ethnicGroup → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Adi people → relatedEthnicGroup → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Apatani language → spokenBy → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Apatani language → ethnicGroup → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Mirish languages → usedBy → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Galo people → relatedEthnicGroup → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Tani peoples → hasSubgroup → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Tani → hasMemberLanguage → Apatani ⓘ
Donyi-Polo → associatedWithEthnicGroups → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Mishing → relatedEthnicGroup → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Panggi → relatedEthnicGroup → Apatani ⓘ
Adi community → relatedGroup → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Apatani tribal culture → practicedBy → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Dree festival → celebratedBy → Apatani people ⓘ
subject linked to: Apatani tribal culture
linked to: Apatani
Apatani wet rice cultivation system → usedBy → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Apatani traditional village settlements → inhabitedBy → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Apatani indigenous religion → practicedBy → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Donyi-Polo → associatedWithEthnicGroups → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Ziro Valley → inhabitedBy → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Myoko festival → celebratedBy → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Dree festival → celebratedBy → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Dree festival → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Dree festival → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Donyi-Polo nature worship → associatedWith → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani
Apatani villages → inhabitedBy → Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani