Deori people

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The Deori people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman-speaking community of Northeast India, known for their distinct language, agrarian lifestyle, and traditional religious practices closely linked to the Brahmaputra valley.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Deori people canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scheduled Tribe ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
autonomousCouncilIn Assam ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalRegion Assamese cultural sphere ⓘ
demographicCategory minority group in Assam ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
India ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
festival Bohag Bihu ⓘ
linked to: Bihu

Magh Bihu ⓘ
linked to: Bihu
governingBody All Assam Deori Students’ Union ⓘ
Deori Autonomous Council ⓘ
languageBranch Bodo-Garo branch ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
linguisticStatus endangered language community ⓘ
livelihood animal husbandry ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
wet rice cultivation ⓘ
migrationPattern intra-Assam rural settlements ⓘ
nativeLanguage Deori language ⓘ
notableRiver Brahmaputra River ⓘ
linked to: Brahmaputra
officialStatus Other Backward Classes in some regions ⓘ
populationRegion Dhemaji district ⓘ
Jorhat district ⓘ
Lakhimpur district ⓘ
Sivasagar district ⓘ
linked to: Sibsagar District

Tinsukia district ⓘ
Upper Assam ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in Assam ⓘ
region Brahmaputra Valley ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Bodo-Kachari peoples ⓘ
linked to: Bodo–Garo peoples

Mising people ⓘ
Sonowal Kachari ⓘ
religiousInstitution temple-centric worship ⓘ
religiousPractice ancestor worship ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
religiousSyncretism Hindu and indigenous beliefs ⓘ
scriptUsed Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
traditionalBelief veneration of village deities ⓘ
traditionalDance folk dance ⓘ
traditionalHouseType stilt house ⓘ
traditionalMusic folk songs ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion Hinduism ⓘ
animism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Majuli Island → ethnicGroup → Deori people ⓘ
Lakhimpur district → hasEthnicGroup → Deori people ⓘ
Majuli district → ethnicGroup → Deori people ⓘ