Dimasa people

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The Dimasa people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic community of Northeast India, primarily associated with Assam and known for their distinct language, culture, and historical Dimasa kingdom.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Dimasa people canonical 29
Dimasa people of Assam 1
Kachari people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tibeto-Burman ethnic group
ethnic group
indigenous people
clanSystem patrilineal clans
country India
ethnicGroupOf Assam
India
Northeast India
governingBody Dimasa apex bodies and councils
hasHistoricalKingdom Dimasa Kingdom
Kachari Kingdom
linked to: Dimasa Kingdom
historicalRegion Cachar region
linked to: Cachar district

Dima Hasao district
North Cachar Hills
parts of present-day Assam
language Dimasa language
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
Tibeto-Burman languages
nativeTo Assam
Nagaland
populationRegion Cachar district of Assam
linked to: Cachar district

Dima Hasao district of Assam
Karbi Anglong district of Assam
primaryState Assam
Nagaland
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in Assam
Scheduled Tribe in India
Scheduled Tribe in Nagaland
relatedEthnicGroup Bodo people
Kachari people
linked to: Dimasa people

other Bodo-Kachari groups
religion Christianity
Hinduism
indigenous animist beliefs
socialStructure clan-based society
traditionalDance Baidima
traditionalDress Rigu (women's lower garment)
Risha (upper cloth)
Sgaopha (men's headgear)
traditionalFestival Bushu Dima
Hojai Bushu
traditionalInstrument Khram (drum)
linked to: Dhol

Muri (flute)
traditionalMusic folk songs accompanied by traditional drums
traditionalOccupation agriculture
shifting cultivation
wet rice cultivation
traditionalReligion Dimalik
usesScript Assamese script
linked to: Bengali script

Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

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

Assam ethnicGroup Dimasa people
Assamese people relatedEthnicGroup Dimasa people
Karbi people relatedEthnicGroup Kuki people
linked to: Dimasa people
Dimasa people relatedEthnicGroup Kachari people
linked to: Dimasa people
Dimasa language primaryEthnicGroup Dimasa people
Baidima performedBy Dimasa people
Bushu Dima celebratedBy Dimasa people
Bushu Dima hasCulturalSignificanceFor Dimasa people
Muri (flute) usedBy Dimasa people
Muri (flute) ethnicGroupContext Dimasa people
Rigu associatedWithEthnicGroup Dimasa people
subject linked to: Rigu (women's lower garment)
Sgaopha usedBy Dimasa people
subject linked to: Sgaopha (men's headgear)
Sgaopha associatedWithEthnicGroup Dimasa people
subject linked to: Sgaopha (men's headgear)
Sgaopha hasCulturalSignificanceFor Dimasa people
subject linked to: Sgaopha (men's headgear)
Dima Hasao district hasSignificantPopulation Dimasa people
subject linked to: Dima Hasao district of Assam
Dima Hasao district hasTribalCommunities Dimasa people
subject linked to: Dima Hasao district of Assam
Dimalik follows Dimasa people
Dimalik practicedBy Dimasa people
Dimalik associatedWithEthnicGroup Dimasa people
Dimalik religiousTraditionOf Dimasa people
Dimalik religiousSystemOf Dimasa people
Dimasa Kingdom ethnicGroup Dimasa people
Dimasa Kingdom rulingEthnicity Dimasa people
Dimasa Kingdom ethnicSuccessor Dimasa people of Assam
linked to: Dimasa people
Hojai Bushu celebratedBy Dimasa people
North Cachar Hills hasEthnicGroup Dimasa people
Karbi Anglong district majorEthnicGroup Dimasa people
subject linked to: Karbi Anglong district of Assam
Dimasa spokenBy Dimasa people
Dimasa ethnicGroupAssociated Dimasa people