Reang community

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The Reang community is an indigenous ethnic group of Northeast India, primarily inhabiting Tripura and neighboring regions, known for its distinct language, cultural traditions, and festivals.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bru community 2
Reang community canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scheduled Tribe of India ⓘ
ethnic group in Northeast India ⓘ
indigenous ethnic group ⓘ
affectedBy displacement in Mizoram ⓘ
refugee camps in Tripura ⓘ
alternativeName Bru ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalHeritage folk tales ⓘ
indigenous rituals ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
culturalTrait distinct folk dances ⓘ
distinct folk music ⓘ
traditional bamboo crafts ⓘ
traditional handloom weaving ⓘ
danceForm Hojagiri dance ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman-speaking peoples of Northeast India ⓘ
festival Hojagiri festival ⓘ
governedBy traditional village council ⓘ
governedUnder Sixth Schedule areas (partly, via tribal areas in Northeast India) ⓘ
hasIssue access to education ⓘ
land rights concerns ⓘ
socio-economic marginalization ⓘ
language Reang language ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
populationStatus minority group in Tripura ⓘ
one of the larger tribes of Tripura ⓘ
primaryRegion Tripura ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in Mizoram ⓘ
Scheduled Tribe in Tripura ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of India ⓘ
Government of Tripura ⓘ
region Assam ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ
Mizoram ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
subjectOf Bru–Reang resettlement agreements ⓘ
traditionalDress kamchwlwi borok (men’s cloth) ⓘ
rignai (women’s lower garment) ⓘ
risa (women’s upper cloth) ⓘ
traditionalOccupation hunting and gathering ⓘ
jhum cultivation ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalReligion Hinduism ⓘ
animism ⓘ
usesScript primarily oral, no widely used native script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Garia Puja → observedBy → Reang community ⓘ
Reang language → spokenBy → Bru community ⓘ
linked to: Reang community
Reang language → associatedWith → Bru community ⓘ
linked to: Reang community
Halam community → neighboringCommunity → Reang community ⓘ