Gio (Dan)

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The Gio (Dan) are a Mande-speaking ethnic group of West Africa, primarily inhabiting parts of Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire, known for their rich artistic traditions, especially intricately carved wooden masks and vibrant masquerade performances.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Gio (Dan) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mande people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dan people ⓘ
Gio people ⓘ
artForm mask making ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
artInfluence 20th-century European modern art ⓘ
crop cassava ⓘ
cocoa ⓘ
coffee ⓘ
rice ⓘ
culturalPractice age-grade associations ⓘ
initiation societies ⓘ
masquerade performances ⓘ
culturalRegion Upper Guinea forest zone ⓘ
economicActivity cash-crop agriculture ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
subsistence farming ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf West Africa ⓘ
governedBy council of elders ⓘ
knownFor intricately carved wooden masks ⓘ
vibrant masquerade performances ⓘ
language Dan language ⓘ
languageFamily Mande languages ⓘ
maskFunction entertainment ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
ritual ceremonies ⓘ
social control ⓘ
musicalTradition dance ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
oralTradition proverbs ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
primaryCountry Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
linked to: Côte d'Ivoire

Liberia ⓘ
region forest region of Liberia ⓘ
western Côte d’Ivoire ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Guere (Wè) people ⓘ
linked to: Guéré people

Guro people ⓘ
Mano people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
secretSociety Poro ⓘ
Sande ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based structure ⓘ
secret societies ⓘ
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration ⓘ
spirit world mediation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Nimba County → ethnicGroup → Gio (Dan) ⓘ
Kpelle → hasNeighboringLanguages → Gio (Dan) ⓘ