Lanna people

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The Lanna people are a Tai ethnic group from Northern Thailand known for their distinct language, culture, and traditions, including elaborate festivals and crafts.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Northern Thai people 5
Lanna people canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Khon Mueang ⓘ
linked to: Kham Mueang

Northern Thai people ⓘ
linked to: Lanna people
country Thailand ⓘ
culturalInfluence Burmese culture ⓘ
Central Thai culture ⓘ
linked to: Central Thai

Mon culture ⓘ
culture distinct regional culture within Thailand ⓘ
ethnicity Tai ⓘ
historicalCapital Chiang Mai ⓘ
historicalState Lanna Kingdom ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist temple art ⓘ
distinct language ⓘ
elaborate festivals ⓘ
traditional crafts ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
mainArea Chiang Mai Province ⓘ
Chiang Rai Province ⓘ
linked to: Chiang Rai

Lampang Province ⓘ
linked to: Lampang

Lamphun Province ⓘ
linked to: Lamphun

Mae Hong Son Province ⓘ
Nan Province ⓘ
linked to: Nan province

Phayao Province ⓘ
Phrae Province ⓘ
linked to: Phrae province
modernLanguageStatus recognized as a regional language in Thailand ⓘ
primaryLanguage Northern Thai language ⓘ
region Northern Thailand ⓘ
linked to: northern Thailand
religion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada

animism ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ
traditionalCraft lacquerware ⓘ
silverwork ⓘ
textile weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalDance fon lep (fingernail dance) ⓘ
fon thien (candle dance) ⓘ
fon tian ⓘ
traditionalDress pha biang (shoulder cloth) ⓘ
sinh (women’s tubular skirt) ⓘ
traditional indigo-dyed cotton garments ⓘ
traditionalFestival Loi Krathong festival ⓘ
Songkran (Lanna New Year) ⓘ
Yi Peng festival ⓘ
traditionalMusic khene ⓘ
saw duang ⓘ
saw u ⓘ
traditionalScript Lanna script ⓘ
linked to: Tai Tham script

Tai Tham script ⓘ
writingSystemUsage used Lanna script for chronicles and literature ⓘ
used Tai Tham script for religious texts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Northern Thailand → ethnicGroup → Northern Thai people ⓘ
subject linked to: northern Thailand
linked to: Lanna people
Tai Khün → relatedEthnicGroup → Lanna people ⓘ
Tai Yuan people → ethnonym → Northern Thai people ⓘ
linked to: Lanna people
Tai Lue people → relatedEthnicGroup → Northern Thai people ⓘ
linked to: Lanna people
Lanna language → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Northern Thai people ⓘ
linked to: Lanna people
Lanna people → alternativeName → Northern Thai people ⓘ
linked to: Lanna people