Monpa

E213191

Monpa are an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Himalayas, primarily inhabiting the Tawang and West Kameng regions, known for their Tibetan Buddhist culture, traditional crafts, and high-altitude agrarian lifestyle.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Monpa canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
celebratesFestival Choskar ⓘ
Losar ⓘ
Torgya ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus distinct Himalayan culture ⓘ
culturallyRelatedTo Bhutia ⓘ
Sherdukpen ⓘ
Tibetan people ⓘ
engagesIn sheep rearing ⓘ
trade with Tibet ⓘ
yak rearing ⓘ
ethnicallyLocatedIn eastern Himalayas ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Himalayas
followsBuddhistSchool Gelug school ⓘ
Nyingma school ⓘ
hasReligiousInstitution Tawang Monastery ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ
languageStatus minority language group in India ⓘ
locatedInCountry India ⓘ
locatedInState Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
practices monastic Buddhism ⓘ
primarilyInhabits Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang

West Kameng district ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
regionCharacterizedBy cold climate ⓘ
high-altitude terrain ⓘ
religiousMinorityStatus Buddhist minority in Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
speaksLanguage Monpa language ⓘ
speaksLanguageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
traditionalBeliefElement animistic practices ⓘ
shamanistic practices ⓘ
traditionalClothing long robes ⓘ
woolen garments ⓘ
traditionalCraft carpet making ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
thangka painting ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalDrink butter tea ⓘ
traditionalFood barley-based foods ⓘ
buckwheat-based foods ⓘ
traditionalHouseType stone and wood houses ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle high-altitude agrarian lifestyle ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
usesScript Tibetan script ⓘ

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