Sora people

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The Sora people are an indigenous Adivasi community of eastern India, primarily in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, known for their distinct Austroasiatic language, traditional animist beliefs, and rich ritual and artistic practices.

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Label Occurrences
Sora people canonical 4

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Adivasi community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
artForm ritual murals ⓘ
wall paintings ⓘ
associatedWith Sora language oral traditions ⓘ
ritual specialists ⓘ
beliefSystem shamanistic practices ⓘ
spirit possession ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalArea tribal communities of Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
tribal communities of Odisha ⓘ
culturalHeritage myths and legends ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
ritual songs ⓘ
demographicStatus minority group in India ⓘ
ethnolinguisticFamily Austroasiatic peoples ⓘ
linked to: Austroasiatic
governedAs scheduled areas administration in India ⓘ
indigenousTo Andhra Pradesh hill regions ⓘ
Odisha hill regions ⓘ
knownFor artistic practices ⓘ
funerary rituals ⓘ
ritual paintings ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
language Sora language ⓘ
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages ⓘ
linked to: Austroasiatic
languageSubfamily Munda languages ⓘ
locatedIn eastern India ⓘ
primaryRegion Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Odisha ⓘ
linked to: Orissa
region Eastern Ghats ⓘ
relatedGroup other Munda-speaking peoples ⓘ
religiousPractice ancestor worship ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ
scheduledTribeStatus Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Odisha ⓘ
linked to: Orissa
socialOrganization clan-based society ⓘ
village communities ⓘ
traditionalEconomy forest gathering ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
writingSystem Sorang Sompeng script ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Savara language → spokenBy → Sora people ⓘ
Sora language → spokenBy → Sora people ⓘ
Sora language → ethnicGroup → Sora people ⓘ