Wancho people

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The Wancho people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic group of the eastern Himalayas, primarily inhabiting the hilly regions of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India, known for their distinct language, traditional woodcarving, and elaborate tattooing practices.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Wancho people canonical 11
Wancho 8
Wancho culture 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
language ⓘ
agriculturalPractice slash-and-burn agriculture ⓘ
cashCrop maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
rice ⓘ
vegetables ⓘ
clanSystem patrilineal clans ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
craft basketry ⓘ
wooden sculpture ⓘ
dance group dances during festivals ⓘ
dress traditional ornaments and beads ⓘ
economy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Naga-related groups ⓘ
festival Oriah festival ⓘ
governance village council of elders ⓘ
language Wancho language ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
mainFestival Oriah ⓘ
modernReligionTrend increasing Christian conversion ⓘ
musicalInstrument log drum ⓘ
neighboringGroups Konyak Naga ⓘ
linked to: Konyak Naga tribe

Nocte people ⓘ
oralTradition folksongs ⓘ
folktales ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
region Longding district ⓘ
eastern Himalayas ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
animism ⓘ
scriptStatus traditionally oral, no indigenous script ⓘ
socialStructure village-based society ⓘ
state Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
tattooingSignificance marker of social status ⓘ
marker of warrior achievements ⓘ
traditionalArt tattooing ⓘ
woodcarving ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalOccupation shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalReligion animist beliefs ⓘ
warriorTradition head-hunting (historical) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Nocte → neighboringGroups → Wancho people ⓘ
Unicode 13.0 → addsBlock → Wancho ⓘ
linked to: Wancho people
Tirap district → hasEthnicGroup → Wancho people ⓘ
Konyak → neighboringLanguages → Wancho ⓘ
linked to: Wancho people
Unicode 11.0 → addsBlock → Wancho ⓘ
linked to: Wancho people
Unicode 12.0 → addsScript → Wancho ⓘ
linked to: Wancho people
Longding district → inhabitedBy → Wancho people ⓘ
Longding district → majorEthnicGroup → Wancho people ⓘ
Longding district → hasIndigenousCommunity → Wancho ⓘ
linked to: Wancho people
Wancho language → ethnicGroup → Wancho people ⓘ
Wancho language → glottologName → Wancho ⓘ
linked to: Wancho people
Wancho language → usedBy → Wancho people ⓘ
Wancho language → hasEndonym → Wancho ⓘ
linked to: Wancho people
Oriah festival → celebratedBy → Wancho people ⓘ
Oriah festival → isPartOf → Wancho culture ⓘ
linked to: Wancho people
Oriah festival → ethnicGroup → Wancho ⓘ
linked to: Wancho people
Nocte people → relatedEthnicGroup → Wancho people ⓘ