Garo people

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The Garo people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic group of Northeast India and neighboring Bangladesh, known for their matrilineal society, distinct language, and rich cultural traditions.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Garo people canonical 36
Garo 24
Garo community 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
clanSystem matrilineal clans ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
descentSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
inheritancePattern matrilineal inheritance ⓘ
kinshipSystem clan exogamy ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
majorFestival Wangala festival ⓘ
majorityIn East Garo Hills district ⓘ
South Garo Hills district ⓘ
West Garo Hills district ⓘ
marriageResidencePattern matrilocal residence ⓘ
musicTradition folk songs ⓘ
nativeTo Assam ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ
Meghalaya ⓘ
Mymensingh Division ⓘ
linked to: Mymensingh

Northeast India ⓘ
Sylhet Division ⓘ
Tripura ⓘ
populationConcentratedIn Meghalaya ⓘ
primaryLanguage Garo language ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
recognizedInState Assam ⓘ
Meghalaya ⓘ
Tripura ⓘ
region Garo Hills ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Bodo people ⓘ
Koch people ⓘ
Rabha people ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman peoples ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
socialSystem matrilineal society ⓘ
traditionalAgriculture jhum cultivation ⓘ
traditionalDance Wangala dance ⓘ
traditionalDress dakmanda ⓘ
dakshari ⓘ
gando ⓘ
traditionalInstrument drums ⓘ
flutes ⓘ
traditionalOccupation shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalReligion Songsarek ⓘ
writingSystem Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script

Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (65)

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

Meghalaya → hasTribalGroup → Garo people ⓘ
Shillong → hasOfficialLanguage → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Shillong → hasEthnicCommunity → Garo people ⓘ
Uttara → hasOfficialLanguage → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Rangat Tehsil → hasOfficialLanguage → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Tibeto-Burman languages → includesLanguage → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Rabha people → relatedGroup → Garo people ⓘ
Seven Sister States → hasOfficialLanguage → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Garo Hills → hasIndigenousCommunity → Garo people ⓘ
Tura → languageSpoken → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Tura → hasCulturalGroup → Garo community ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Shillong Plateau → inhabitedBy → Garo people ⓘ
Scheduled Tribe in India → examplesInclude → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Goalpara → ethnicCommunities → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Garo language → spokenBy → Garo people ⓘ
Garo language → ethnicity → Garo people ⓘ
Ri Bhoi district → hasLanguage → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
West Garo Hills district → ethnicGroup → Garo people ⓘ
West Garo Hills district → hasIndigenousCommunity → Garo tribe ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
East Garo Hills district → hasEthnicGroup → Garo people ⓘ
Rabha → relatedEthnicGroups → Garo people ⓘ
West Khasi Hills district → majorLanguage → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Pnar → hasNeighboringLanguages → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Meghalaya Forest Department → usesLanguage → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Williamson A. Sangma → ethnicGroup → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
South Garo Hills district → majorLanguage → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Lyngngam people → relatedEthnicGroup → Garo people ⓘ
Baghmara → majorLocalLanguage → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Siju Cave → languageOfToponym → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Garo-Khasi range → isHomelandOf → Garo people ⓘ
Garo-Khasi range → inhabitedBy → Garo people ⓘ
Songsarek → practicedBy → Garo people ⓘ
Songsarek → traditionalReligionOf → Garo people ⓘ
Simsang River valley → inhabitedBy → Garo people ⓘ
Simsang River valley → culturalRegionFor → Garo community ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Wangala festival → celebratedBy → Garo people ⓘ
Wangala festival → associatedEthnicGroup → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people
Tura Municipal Board → operatesInLanguage → Garo ⓘ
linked to: Garo people