Hajong

E710319

The Hajong are an indigenous ethnic group of northeastern India and neighboring Bangladesh, known for their Tibeto-Burman origins, agrarian lifestyle, and distinct language and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hajong canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
culturalArea Brahmaputra valley region ⓘ
linked to: Brahmaputra Valley

Garo Hills region ⓘ
linked to: Garo Hills
ethnicGroupOf Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
hasAncestralOrigin Tibeto-Burman peoples ⓘ
hasCulturalPractice agricultural rituals ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ
seasonal festivals ⓘ
hasCulturalRegion Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
Assam ⓘ
Meghalaya ⓘ
Northern Bangladesh ⓘ
linked to: northern Bangladesh

Tripura ⓘ
hasCulturalTradition distinct folk dances ⓘ
distinct folk songs ⓘ
traditional festivals ⓘ
hasEndonym Hajong ⓘ
hasEthnolinguisticOrigin Tibeto-Burman ⓘ
hasExonym Hajong people ⓘ
hasLifestyle agrarian ⓘ
hasLinguisticOrigin Tibeto-Burman ⓘ
hasOralTradition folklore ⓘ
legends ⓘ
myths ⓘ
hasReligion Hinduism ⓘ
folk religion ⓘ
hasSocialStructure clan-based system ⓘ
isMinorityGroupIn Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
isRecognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in some Indian states ⓘ
language Hajong language ⓘ
linguisticFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
practices wet rice cultivation ⓘ
primaryOccupation agriculture ⓘ
region Northeast India ⓘ
speaks Hajong language ⓘ
traditionalCrop jute ⓘ
mustard ⓘ
rice ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence farming ⓘ
traditionalHousing bamboo houses ⓘ
thatched roofs ⓘ
usesScript Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Hajong → hasEndonym → Hajong ⓘ