Monpa people

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The Monpa people are an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Himalayas, primarily inhabiting Arunachal Pradesh in India and parts of Tibet, known for their Tibetan Buddhist traditions and distinct language and culture.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Monpa people canonical 10
Bhutia community 1
Monpa community 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWith Tawang Monastery ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culture Tibetan-influenced culture ⓘ
economy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
Tibet ⓘ
followsSchoolOfBuddhism Gelug school ⓘ
hasMajorMonastery Tawang Monastery ⓘ
hasSubgroup Bengni Monpa ⓘ
Dirang Monpa ⓘ
linked to: Lish Monpa

Lish Monpa ⓘ
Panchen Monpa ⓘ
Tawang Monpa ⓘ
language Monpa languages ⓘ
linked to: Monpa language
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
mainCrops barley ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
nativeTo eastern Himalayas ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Himalayas
practices lamaism ⓘ
primarilyInhabits Tawang district ⓘ
linked to: Tawang

West Kameng district ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
region Northeast India ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Bhutia people ⓘ
linked to: Bhutia community

Sherpa people ⓘ
Tibetan people ⓘ
religion Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana

Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
religiousStructure chorten ⓘ
mani wall ⓘ
stateRecognition Scheduled Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
linked to: Scheduled Tribes
traditionalDance masked dances ⓘ
traditionalDress goncha ⓘ
woolen garments ⓘ
traditionalFestival Choskar ⓘ
Losar ⓘ
Torgya ⓘ
traditionalFood butter tea ⓘ
tsampa ⓘ
traditionalHouseType stone and wood houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic folk songs ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
trade ⓘ
traditionalReligion Buddhism ⓘ
usesScript Tibetan script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Khangchendzonga National Park → associatedWith → Bhutia community ⓘ
linked to: Monpa people
Losar → observedBy → Monpa people ⓘ
Tawang → ethnicGroup → Monpa people ⓘ
Torgya → ethnicGroup → Monpa people ⓘ
Choskar → practicedBy → Monpa people ⓘ
Monpa language → spokenBy → Monpa people ⓘ
Upper Gompa → associatedWith → Monpa community ⓘ
linked to: Monpa people
Dirang → hasEthnicGroup → Monpa people ⓘ