Purépecha people

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The Purépecha people are an indigenous group of western Mexico known for their pre-Hispanic Tarascan Empire, distinctive language isolate, and rich artisan and agricultural traditions centered in present-day Michoacán.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Purépecha people canonical 40
Purépecha 27
Purépecha (Tarascans) 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
artForm guitar making in Paracho ⓘ
mask making ⓘ
autonym Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
colonialName Tarascans ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalHeritage Day of the Dead traditions around Lake Pátzcuaro ⓘ
exonym Tarascans ⓘ
federalEntity State of Michoacán ⓘ
historicalCapital Tzintzuntzan ⓘ
historicalState Tarascan Empire ⓘ
knownFor copper working ⓘ
lacquerware ⓘ
metallurgy ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
language Purépecha language ⓘ
languageFamily language isolate ⓘ
majorTown Cherán ⓘ
Paracho ⓘ
Pátzcuaro ⓘ
Santa Clara del Cobre ⓘ
Tzintzuntzan ⓘ
nativeTo Michoacán ⓘ
western Mexico ⓘ
preColumbianCultureArea Mesoamerica ⓘ
preHispanicPoliticalOrganization centralized kingdom ⓘ
preHispanicRival Aztec Empire ⓘ
region Cañada de los Once Pueblos ⓘ
Lacustre region of Michoacán ⓘ
Lake Pátzcuaro basin ⓘ
linked to: Basin of Pátzcuaro

Meseta Purépecha ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
indigenous Purépecha religion ⓘ
traditionalCrop beans ⓘ
chili peppers ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
traditionalFood corundas ⓘ
uchepos ⓘ
traditionalMusic Pirekua ⓘ
UNESCORecognition Pirekua as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ⓘ
writingSystem pictographic and mnemonic records ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (71)

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

State of Michoacán → hasIndigenousPeople → Purépecha people ⓘ
Michoacán → hasEthnicGroup → Purépecha people ⓘ
indigenous peoples of Mexico → majorEthnicGroup → Purepecha people ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica → dominantEthnicGroup → Purépecha (Tarascans) ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Ihuatzio → culture → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Ihuatzio → preColumbianPeople → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Basin of Pátzcuaro → majorEthnicGroup → Purépecha people ⓘ
cazonci → ethnicGroup → Purépecha people ⓘ
Xaratanga → culture → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Xaratanga → peopleWhoWorshipped → Purépecha people ⓘ
Tzintzuntzan archaeological zone → culture → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Tzintzuntzan archaeological zone → nameLanguage → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Purépecha language → spokenBy → Purépecha people ⓘ
Purépecha language → ethnicity → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Curicaueri → culture → Purépecha people ⓘ
Curicaueri → worshipedBy → Purépecha people ⓘ
Cuerauáperi → culture → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Cuerauáperi → worshippedBy → Purépecha people ⓘ
Tzintzuntzan → culture → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Paracho → languageUsed → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Paracho → demographicsEthnicGroup → Purépecha people ⓘ
Purépecha people → autonym → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Lake Pátzcuaro → hasInhabitant → Purépecha people ⓘ
Tarascas Fountain → hasCulturalAssociation → Purépecha people ⓘ
Aztec–Tarascan War → combatant → Purépecha (Tarascans) ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Mexican indigenous languages → hasLanguage → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Ihuatzio archaeological zone → culture → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Ihuatzio archaeological zone → preHispanicNameLanguage → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Spanish conquest of the Purépecha state → languageOfSources → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Tzintzuntzan (Purépecha capital) → culture → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Tarascan military → ethnicGroup → Purépecha people ⓘ
Tarascan military → usedBy → Purépecha rulers ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Tarascan priesthood → ethnicContext → Purépecha people ⓘ
Tanganxoán II → ethnicGroup → Purépecha people ⓘ
Purépecha pantheon → religionOf → Purépecha people ⓘ
yácata → associatedPeople → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Western Purépecha → languageFamily → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Western Purépecha → ethnicGroup → Purépecha people ⓘ
Curicaveri → ethnicGroup → Purépecha people ⓘ
Curicaveri → worshipedBy → Purépecha people ⓘ
Central Purépecha → languageFamily → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Central Purépecha → associatedEthnicGroup → Purépecha people ⓘ
Eastern Purépecha → languageFamily → Purépecha ⓘ
linked to: Purépecha people
Eastern Purépecha → spokenBy → Purépecha people ⓘ