Mishing people

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The Mishing people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman–speaking community of the Brahmaputra Valley known for their riverine settlements, agriculture, and rich folk music and dance traditions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mising people 4
Mishing people canonical 3
Mising 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
agriculturalPractice jhum cultivation
wet rice cultivation
alsoKnownAs Miri
associatedRiver Brahmaputra River
linked to: Brahmaputra
country India
culturalIdentity riverine agrarian community
culturalPractice community festivals
rice beer brewing
culturalRegion Northeast India
danceTradition folk dances
ethnicGroupOf India
ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman-speaking people
foodStaple rice
geographicEnvironment floodplains
river islands
heritageStatus indigenous community of Assam
knownFor folk dance
folk music
riverine culture
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages
linguisticBranch Tani languages
linguisticStatus minority language community in India
musicTradition folk songs
primaryLanguage Mishing language
primaryRegion Assam
Brahmaputra Valley
primaryState Assam
religion Hinduism
animism
secondaryState Arunachal Pradesh
socialStructure clan-based society
traditionalDressMaterial handwoven textiles
traditionalEconomy subsistence farming
traditionalHousing stilt houses
traditionalHousingMaterial bamboo
thatch
traditionalInstrument drums
flutes
traditionalOccupation agriculture
fishing
traditionalReligion Donyi-Polo worship
traditionalSettlementType riverine settlements
weavingTradition handloom weaving

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Assam ethnicGroup Mishing people
Assamese people relatedEthnicGroup Mising people
linked to: Mishing people
Tani languages associatedWith Mising people
linked to: Mishing people
Mishing language spokenBy Mishing people
Mishing language ethnicGroup Mishing people
Mishing language autonym Mising
linked to: Mishing people
Majuli Island ethnicGroup Mising people
linked to: Mishing people
Lakhimpur district hasEthnicGroup Mising people
linked to: Mishing people