Mishing

E644995

Mishing refers to the Mising (Miri) people, an indigenous ethnic group primarily inhabiting Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language and rich riverine culture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mising 8
Mishing canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scheduled Tribe ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
clanSystem patrilineal clans ⓘ
country India ⓘ
cultureType riverine culture ⓘ
dwellingLocation river banks ⓘ
dwellingType stilt houses ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf India ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tani peoples ⓘ
governingBody Mising Autonomous Council ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Miri ⓘ
Mising ⓘ
linked to: Mishing
inhabits Brahmaputra Valley ⓘ
language Mising language ⓘ
languageBranch Tani languages ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
marriageRule clan exogamy ⓘ
musicInstrument cymbals ⓘ
drums ⓘ
flutes ⓘ
oralTradition rich folklore ⓘ
politicalDemand greater autonomy in Assam ⓘ
populationRegion North bank of Brahmaputra ⓘ
Upper Assam ⓘ
primaryRegion Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in Assam ⓘ
region Northeast India ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Adi people ⓘ
Apatani people ⓘ
linked to: Apatani

Nyishi people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
traditionalBelief sun and moon worship (Donyi and Polo) ⓘ
traditionalDance Mishing folk dance ⓘ
traditionalDress Ege (women’s wrap skirt) ⓘ
Gasor (men’s wrap) ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalFestival Ali-Aye-Ligang ⓘ
Po:rag ⓘ
traditionalMusic Bihu-like folk music ⓘ
traditionalOccupation fishing ⓘ
riverine agriculture ⓘ
wet rice cultivation ⓘ
traditionalReligion Donyi-Polo ⓘ
usesScript Assamese script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Miri → alsoKnownAs → Mishing ⓘ
Majuli Island → language → Mising ⓘ
linked to: Mishing
Upper Assam → hasEthnicGroup → Mising ⓘ
linked to: Mishing
Lakhimpur district → hasSpokenLanguage → Mising ⓘ
linked to: Mishing
Tani → hasMemberLanguage → Mising ⓘ
linked to: Mishing
Mishing → hasAlternativeName → Mising ⓘ
linked to: Mishing
Eastern Assam → hasEthnicGroup → Mishing ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Assam
Dhemaji → otherSpokenLanguage → Mising ⓘ
linked to: Mishing
North Lakhimpur → language → Mising ⓘ
linked to: Mishing
Dhakuakhana → hasEthnicCommunities → Mising ⓘ
linked to: Mishing