Dorbar

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Dorbar is the traditional village council and grassroots governance institution of the Khasi people in northeastern India.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dorbar Hima 2
Dorbar canonical 1
Dorbar (traditional council) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf customary institution ⓘ
grassroots governance institution ⓘ
traditional village council ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi people
basisOfAuthority Khasi customary practices ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalSignificance core institution of Khasi traditional polity ⓘ
decisionMakingStyle collective ⓘ
consensus-oriented ⓘ
evolvingPractice increasing participation of women in some areas ⓘ
governanceLevel village ⓘ
governanceScope customary law enforcement ⓘ
land and resource issues ⓘ
social matters ⓘ
governs Khasi village affairs ⓘ
historicalContinuity pre-colonial origin ⓘ
languageOfTerm Khasi language ⓘ
locatedIn Meghalaya ⓘ
Northeastern India ⓘ
linked to: Northeast India
meetsAt village level ⓘ
participation adult male residents in traditional form ⓘ
primaryFunction community governance ⓘ
implementation of customary norms ⓘ
local dispute resolution ⓘ
maintenance of social order ⓘ
management of common resources ⓘ
recognizedAs traditional institution ⓘ
recognizedBy state-level customary law frameworks in Meghalaya ⓘ
region Khasi Hills ⓘ
relatedConcept Dorbar Hima ⓘ
linked to: Dorbar

Dorbar Raid ⓘ
Dorbar Shnong ⓘ
roleInSociety community self-governance ⓘ
grassroots democracy ⓘ
usedBy Khasi people ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Dorbar → relatedConcept → Dorbar Hima ⓘ
linked to: Dorbar
Dorbar Shnong → relatedTo → Dorbar Hima ⓘ
linked to: Dorbar
Syiem → relatedInstitution → Dorbar (traditional council) ⓘ
linked to: Dorbar