Laho dance
E762597
Laho dance is a traditional group folk dance of the Jaintia people of Meghalaya, India, performed during festivals as a lively expression of community joy and cultural identity.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Laho dance canonical | 4 |
| Laho dance festival | 2 |
| Bagurumba dance | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8856534 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laho dance Context triple: [Jaintia people, culturalFestival, Laho dance]
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A.
Paskola dance
Paskola dance is a traditional Mayo ritual dance from northern Mexico, often performed during religious and community ceremonies with distinctive masks, costumes, and rhythmic footwork.
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B.
Janger dance
Janger dance is a traditional Balinese group dance featuring male and female performers singing and moving in coordinated, often playful formations, commonly presented at cultural and religious events in Bali.
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C.
Maengket dance
Maengket dance is a traditional communal dance of the Minahasa people of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, performed to celebrate harvests and important social events with rhythmic movements and choral singing.
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D.
Gandrung dance
Gandrung dance is a traditional social and performance dance from the Osing community of Banyuwangi, East Java, known for its graceful movements, vibrant costumes, and role in communal celebrations.
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E.
Kabasaran dance
Kabasaran dance is a traditional Minahasan war dance from North Sulawesi, Indonesia, characterized by martial movements, red costumes, and the use of weapons like spears and swords.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Laho dance Target entity description: Laho dance is a traditional group folk dance of the Jaintia people of Meghalaya, India, performed during festivals as a lively expression of community joy and cultural identity.
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A.
Paskola dance
Paskola dance is a traditional Mayo ritual dance from northern Mexico, often performed during religious and community ceremonies with distinctive masks, costumes, and rhythmic footwork.
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B.
Janger dance
Janger dance is a traditional Balinese group dance featuring male and female performers singing and moving in coordinated, often playful formations, commonly presented at cultural and religious events in Bali.
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C.
Maengket dance
Maengket dance is a traditional communal dance of the Minahasa people of North Sulawesi, Indonesia, performed to celebrate harvests and important social events with rhythmic movements and choral singing.
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D.
Gandrung dance
Gandrung dance is a traditional social and performance dance from the Osing community of Banyuwangi, East Java, known for its graceful movements, vibrant costumes, and role in communal celebrations.
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E.
Kabasaran dance
Kabasaran dance is a traditional Minahasan war dance from North Sulawesi, Indonesia, characterized by martial movements, red costumes, and the use of weapons like spears and swords.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural practice
ⓘ
folk dance ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jaintia Hills
ⓘ
Jaintia culture ⓘ
linked to:
Jaintia people
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Northeast India ⓘ |
| danceForm | folk ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jaintia people ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
expressive
ⓘ
group dance ⓘ joyful ⓘ lively ⓘ |
| movementStyle |
coordinated group formations
ⓘ
rhythmic steps ⓘ |
| partOf |
intangible cultural heritage of Meghalaya
ⓘ
intangible cultural heritage of the Jaintia people ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
festival grounds
ⓘ
outdoor gatherings ⓘ |
| performedBy |
men
ⓘ
women ⓘ |
| performedDuring |
community celebrations
ⓘ
festivals ⓘ |
| region | Meghalaya ⓘ |
| represents |
community joy
ⓘ
cultural identity ⓘ |
| socialFunction |
cultural transmission
ⓘ
entertainment ⓘ strengthening community bonds ⓘ |
| uses |
local musical instruments
ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Laho dance Description of subject: Laho dance is a traditional group folk dance of the Jaintia people of Meghalaya, India, performed during festivals as a lively expression of community joy and cultural identity.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Laho dance
linked to: Laho dance
linked to: Laho dance