Mara

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Mara are an indigenous ethnic group of northeastern India and neighboring Myanmar, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mara canonical 2
Mara (Lakher) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
autonomousRegionIn Mizoram ⓘ
borderRegionOf India–Myanmar border ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
culturalArea Northeast India ⓘ
Southeast Asia interface ⓘ
culturalTradition distinct folk songs ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
traditional dances ⓘ
ethnicity Mara people ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
ethnologueClassification Tibeto-Burman ⓘ
governedBy Mara Autonomous District Council ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
historicalRegion Chin Hills ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
linguisticFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
locatedIn Indo-Myanmar border region ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Northeastern India ⓘ
linked to: Northeast India
migrationPattern hill-dwelling communities ⓘ
music use of gongs ⓘ
use of traditional drums ⓘ
primaryRegion Chin State ⓘ
Mizoram ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
recognizedIn Mizoram state ⓘ
linked to: Mizoram
region Lushai Hills ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroups Chin peoples ⓘ
linked to: Chin people

Lai ⓘ
Lusei ⓘ
Mizo ⓘ
linked to: Mizo people
religion Animism (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Animism

Christianity ⓘ
selfIdentification Mara people ⓘ
speaks Mara language ⓘ
traditionalDress handwoven garments ⓘ
traditionalHouseType stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood hunting and gathering ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion animist beliefs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Mizo people → subgroup → Mara ⓘ
Mara language → hasAlternativeName → Mara (Lakher) ⓘ
linked to: Mara