Mojo people

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The Mojo people are an indigenous ethnic group of Bolivia historically known for their distinct culture, traditions, and use of the Moxo language in the Amazonian lowlands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mojo people canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian peoples ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
colonialExperience Spanish colonization ⓘ
colonialInstitution Jesuit reductions in Moxos region ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Bolivia ⓘ
culturalArea Amazonian cultures ⓘ
Lowland indigenous peoples of Bolivia ⓘ
environment floodplain ecosystems ⓘ
tropical savanna and wetlands ⓘ
ethnonymVariant Mojoes ⓘ
linked to: Mojeno

Moxo people ⓘ
Moxos ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage music associated with Jesuit mission baroque traditions ⓘ
traditional communal festivals ⓘ
hasOralTradition myths and legends transmitted orally ⓘ
historicalEconomicActivity cattle ranching in mission and post-mission periods ⓘ
historicalInfluence Jesuit missions of Moxos ⓘ
historicalLanguage Ignaciano Moxo ⓘ
linked to: Ignaciano Moxeño

Trinitario Moxo ⓘ
linked to: Trinitario-Moxo
indigenousTo Bolivian Amazon ⓘ
languageFamily Arawakan languages ⓘ
partOf indigenous peoples of Bolivia ⓘ
postColonialChallenge land rights conflicts ⓘ
language shift toward Spanish ⓘ
primaryLanguage Moxo language ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous nation within Bolivia ⓘ
region Amazonian lowlands ⓘ
Beni Department ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Baure people ⓘ
Paunaka people ⓘ
other Arawakan-speaking peoples ⓘ
traditionalReligion indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Moxos plains ⓘ
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
usesWritingSystem Latin script (for Moxo language) ⓘ

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

Moxo language → ethnicGroup → Mojo people ⓘ