Mara people

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The Mara people are an indigenous ethnic group of the Tibeto-Burman family primarily inhabiting the hilly regions of northeastern India and northwestern Myanmar, known for their distinct language, customs, and Christian-majority culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mara people canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
autonomousRegionIn Mizoram ⓘ
borderlandPeopleOf India–Myanmar border ⓘ
citizenship Indian citizens ⓘ
Myanmar citizens ⓘ
colonialEraMission British missionaries ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
culturalTrait distinct customs ⓘ
distinct traditional dress ⓘ
folk dances ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
district Lawngtlai district ⓘ
Siaha district ⓘ
educationMedium English ⓘ
Mara language in primary schools ⓘ
Mizo language ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
languageBranch Kuki-Chin languages ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
linguisticMinorityContext India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
majorConversionPeriod 20th century ⓘ
majorReligion Protestantism ⓘ
politicalStatusInIndia Scheduled Tribe ⓘ
populationRegion Lawngtlai ⓘ
Siaha ⓘ
primaryChristianDenomination Baptist ⓘ
linked to: Baptists
primaryLanguage Mara language ⓘ
region Northeastern India ⓘ
linked to: Northeast India

Northwestern Myanmar ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Chin people ⓘ
Kuki people ⓘ
Lai people ⓘ
Mizo people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousMinorityContext Myanmar ⓘ
scriptUsed Latin script ⓘ
selfGoverningBody Mara Autonomous District Council ⓘ
state Mizoram ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood shifting cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalMusic drum-based music ⓘ
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
traditionalSocialUnit village community ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Mara language → spokenBy → Mara people ⓘ
Mara language → ethnicGroup → Mara people ⓘ
Mara → ethnicity → Mara people ⓘ
Mara → selfIdentification → Mara people ⓘ
Lushai Hills → ethnicGroup → Mara people ⓘ