Mbuti

E571652

The Mbuti are an Indigenous pygmy people of the Ituri Forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle and rich forest-centered culture.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mbuti people 8
Mbuti canonical 3
Mbuti Pygmies 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
pygmy people ⓘ
associatedForest Congo Basin rainforest ⓘ
linked to: Congo Rainforest
associatedGroup Asua ⓘ
Efe ⓘ
Sua (Mbuti-Sua) ⓘ
centralCulturalConcept forest as parent ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
culturalFeature collective decision-making ⓘ
strong sharing norms ⓘ
dwellingType leaf huts ⓘ
temporary shelters ⓘ
economyRelation trade with neighboring agriculturalists ⓘ
instrument drums ⓘ
musical bows ⓘ
kinshipSystem bilateral descent ⓘ
languageFamily Central Sudanic ⓘ
Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
languageType Bantu-based pidgins and creoles (for some groups) ⓘ
lifestyle hunter-gatherer ⓘ
marriagePattern exogamy with neighboring villagers ⓘ
molimoPurpose to restore harmony with the forest ⓘ
musicTradition polyphonic singing ⓘ
yodeling ⓘ
populationStatus small-scale society ⓘ
primaryHabitat Ituri Forest ⓘ
linked to: Ituri Rainforest
receivedGoods cultivated foods ⓘ
iron tools ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
forest-centered belief system ⓘ
ritual molimo ceremony ⓘ
socialOrganization band society ⓘ
egalitarian ⓘ
speaks Efe language ⓘ
Kango language (in some groups) ⓘ
Sua language ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
trapping ⓘ
threat armed conflict in eastern DRC ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
encroachment by logging and mining interests ⓘ
tradedGoods forest products ⓘ
meat ⓘ
uses bows and arrows ⓘ
net hunting ⓘ
spears ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

Twa → relatedGroup → Mbuti ⓘ
Colin Turnbull → ethnographicFocus → Mbuti people ⓘ
linked to: Mbuti
Pygmy peoples → subgroup → Mbuti people ⓘ
linked to: Mbuti
Pygmy peoples → subgroup → Batwa people ⓘ
linked to: Mbuti
Ituri Rainforest → inhabitedBy → Mbuti people ⓘ
linked to: Mbuti
Bira people → neighboringPeoples → Mbuti people ⓘ
linked to: Mbuti
Aka → relatedGroups → Mbuti ⓘ
The Forest People → mainSubject → Mbuti people ⓘ
linked to: Mbuti
The Forest People → mainSubject → Mbuti Pygmies ⓘ
linked to: Mbuti
Wayward Servants → mainSubject → Mbuti people ⓘ
linked to: Mbuti
Wayward Servants → mainSubject → Mbuti Pygmies ⓘ
linked to: Mbuti
Twa people → relatedEthnicGroup → Mbuti people ⓘ
linked to: Mbuti
Asua people → relatedGroup → Mbuti people ⓘ
linked to: Mbuti