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 (3)

Label Occurrences
Garo people canonical 10
Garo 6
Garo community 1

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 (17)

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