Arosi people

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The Arosi people are an indigenous ethnic group of Makira Island in the Solomon Islands, known for their distinct Austronesian culture and traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Arosi people canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
broaderCulturalSphere Austronesian world ⓘ
broaderRegion Melanesia ⓘ
colonialHistory contact with British colonial administration ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Solomon Islands ⓘ
culture Austronesian culture ⓘ
dance ceremonial dances ⓘ
economicActivity inshore fishing ⓘ
small-scale cash cropping ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicity Arosi ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Arosi people ⓘ
geographicDistribution southwestern Makira Island ⓘ
western Makira Island ⓘ
kinshipSystem bilateral kinship ⓘ
language Arosi language ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Oceanic languages ⓘ
locatedIn Makira-Ulawa Province ⓘ
locatedOn Makira Island ⓘ
marriagePattern exogamy at clan level ⓘ
materialCulture bark cloth production ⓘ
canoe building ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
missionaryContact Anglican Church ⓘ
linked to: Anglican Communion

other Christian missions ⓘ
music percussion-based music ⓘ
traditional singing ⓘ
neighboringGroups other Makira Island communities ⓘ
oralTradition ancestral origin stories ⓘ
myths and legends ⓘ
partOf Solomon Islands population ⓘ
region eastern Solomon Islands ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
rituals agricultural rituals ⓘ
life-cycle ceremonies ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based system ⓘ
traditionalCrops banana ⓘ
coconut ⓘ
sweet potato ⓘ
taro ⓘ
yam ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalReligion indigenous Melanesian beliefs ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
swidden horticulture ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Arosi language → hasEthnicGroup → Arosi people ⓘ
Arosi → isSpokenBy → Arosi people ⓘ
Arosi people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Arosi people ⓘ