Kachin people

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The Kachin people are an ethnic group from the mountainous northern region of Myanmar (and neighboring areas of China and India), known for their distinct culture, clan-based social structure, and predominantly Christian faith.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kachin people canonical 32
Kachin peoples 3
Kachin Jingpo 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
autonym Jinghpaw ⓘ
borderRegion China–Myanmar border ⓘ
India–Myanmar border ⓘ
countryCitizenship Myanmar nationals ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Myanmar ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Himalayas ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
ethnonym Kachin ⓘ
festival Manau festival ⓘ
hasEthnicArmedOrganization Kachin Independence Army ⓘ
hasPoliticalOrganization Kachin Independence Organization ⓘ
historicalRole World War II allies of Allied forces in Burma Campaign ⓘ
involvedIn Kachin conflict ⓘ
knownFor colorful traditional dress ⓘ
distinct culture ⓘ
elaborate clan rituals ⓘ
traditional dances ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
majorChristianDenomination Kachin Baptist Convention ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Myanmar ⓘ
missionaryHistory American Baptist missionaries ⓘ
primaryRegion northern Myanmar ⓘ
regionType mountainous region ⓘ
religion Baptist Christianity ⓘ
linked to: Baptists

Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditional animist beliefs ⓘ
residesIn Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Kachin State ⓘ
Yunnan ⓘ
linked to: Yunnan Province

northern Shan State ⓘ
linked to: Shan State
significantPopulationIn China ⓘ
India ⓘ
socialOrganization patrilineal clans ⓘ
speaks Jingpho language ⓘ
Kachin languages ⓘ
traditionalEconomy hunting and gathering ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic drums ⓘ
gongs ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure clan-based system ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet for Jingpho ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (38)

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

Jingpo language → spokenBy → Kachin people ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman peoples → hasEthnicGroup → Kachin people ⓘ
Singpho → relatedEthnicGroup → Kachin people ⓘ
Patkai Range → hasEthnicGroups → Kachin peoples ⓘ
linked to: Kachin people
Shan State → ethnicGroup → Kachin people ⓘ
Kachin Americans → ethnicOrigin → Kachin people ⓘ
Kachin Americans → relatedTo → Kachin people ⓘ
Myitkyina → majorEthnicGroups → Kachin people ⓘ
Hkakabo Razi region → indigenousPeoples → Kachin peoples ⓘ
linked to: Kachin people
Kachin guerrillas → ethnicGroup → Kachin people ⓘ
Kachin State → ethnicGroup → Kachin people ⓘ
Kachin Independence Army → represents → Kachin people ⓘ
Manau poles → usedBy → Kachin people ⓘ
Manau festival → ethnicGroup → Kachin people ⓘ
Myanmar Highlands → hasEthnicGroup → Kachin people ⓘ
Thingnai dialect → spokenBy → Kachin communities ⓘ
linked to: Kachin people
Kachin language → alternativeName → Kachin Jingpo ⓘ
linked to: Kachin people
Kachin language → spokenBy → Kachin people ⓘ
Jingpho language → spokenBy → Kachin people ⓘ
subject linked to: Jingpho (kac)
northwestern Myanmar → ethnicGroup → Kachin peoples ⓘ
linked to: Kachin people
Jingpho language → spokenBy → Kachin people ⓘ
Northern Myanmar → hasEthnicGroup → Kachin people ⓘ
Kachin Manau festival → hasCulturalAssociation → Kachin ethnic group ⓘ
linked to: Kachin people
Kachin Baptist Convention → ethnicFocus → Kachin people ⓘ
Jinghpaw → spokenBy → Kachin people ⓘ
Singpho people → relatedEthnicGroup → Kachin people ⓘ
Putao Township → ethnicGroup → Kachin people ⓘ
Rawang people → relatedEthnicGroup → Kachin people ⓘ
Putao District → hasEthnicGroup → Kachin people ⓘ
Mali River → regionEthnicGroup → Kachin people ⓘ
Hsenwi State → hasEthnicMinority → Kachin people ⓘ
Mohnyin → hasMajorEthnicGroups → Kachin people ⓘ