Sunuwar people

E768488

The Sunuwar people are an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Himalayan region, primarily in Nepal, known for their distinct Kirati culture, language, and traditional agrarian lifestyle.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sunuwar people canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kirati people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Nepal ⓘ
culturalHeritage festivals linked to agricultural cycle ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
ritual chants ⓘ
economicActivity cash crop cultivation ⓘ
labor migration ⓘ
ethnicityInCountry India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
geographicDistribution Dolakha District ⓘ
Khotang District ⓘ
Okhaldhunga District ⓘ
Ramechhap District ⓘ
Sindhuli District ⓘ
hasEndonym Koinch ⓘ
Kõits ⓘ
language Sunwar language ⓘ
languageFamily Kiranti languages ⓘ
Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Nepal ⓘ
partOf Kirati groups of Nepal ⓘ
linked to: Kirati peoples
primaryRegion eastern Himalayas ⓘ
eastern Nepal ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousIn Nepal ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Limbu people ⓘ
Rai people ⓘ
linked to: Rai peoples

Yakkha people ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Kirat Mundhum ⓘ
selfDesignation Kirat Khambu Sunuwar ⓘ
linked to: Kirat Sunwar
traditionalBelief ancestor worship ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
traditionalDance ritual dances ⓘ
traditionalDress distinct Kirati attire ⓘ
traditionalHousing stone and mud houses ⓘ
thatched-roof houses ⓘ
traditionalMusic folk songs ⓘ
traditionalOccupation animal husbandry ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
terrace farming ⓘ
traditionalReligion Mundhum-based animism ⓘ
UNRecognition indigenous peoples of Nepal ⓘ
usesScript Devanagari script ⓘ
Sunuwar script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Limbu people → relatedEthnicGroup → Sunuwar people ⓘ
Kirat Mundhum → associatedEthnicGroup → Sunuwar people ⓘ
Kirati peoples → ethnicSubdivision → Sunuwar people ⓘ
Rai peoples → relatedEthnicGroup → Sunuwar people ⓘ
Yamphu Rai → relatedGroup → Sunuwar people ⓘ
Limbuwan → hasEthnicMinority → Sunuwar people ⓘ