Tatung
E806036
Tatung are spirit-medium performers in Indonesian Chinese culture, especially prominent during Cap Go Meh celebrations, who enter trance states to carry out acts of ritual protection and blessing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tatung canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9529079 — 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: Tatung Context triple: [Cap Go Meh, featuresRitual, Tatung]
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A.
Tsien
Tsien is a Chinese surname borne by several notable figures in science and engineering, including biophysicist Richard Tsien.
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B.
Tawailia
Tawailia is an alternate name for the Uma language, an Austronesian language spoken in parts of Indonesia.
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C.
Hengchi
Hengchi is an electric vehicle brand developed by the Chinese conglomerate Evergrande Group as part of its push into the new energy automotive industry.
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D.
Shandao
Shandao was a prominent 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and commentator whose writings systematized and greatly influenced the development of Pure Land Buddhism.
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E.
Mibuchi
Mibuchi is a Japanese surname borne by individuals such as Tadahiko Mibuchi.
- 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: Tatung Target entity description: Tatung are spirit-medium performers in Indonesian Chinese culture, especially prominent during Cap Go Meh celebrations, who enter trance states to carry out acts of ritual protection and blessing.
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A.
Tsien
Tsien is a Chinese surname borne by several notable figures in science and engineering, including biophysicist Richard Tsien.
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B.
Tawailia
Tawailia is an alternate name for the Uma language, an Austronesian language spoken in parts of Indonesia.
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C.
Hengchi
Hengchi is an electric vehicle brand developed by the Chinese conglomerate Evergrande Group as part of its push into the new energy automotive industry.
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D.
Shandao
Shandao was a prominent 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and commentator whose writings systematized and greatly influenced the development of Pure Land Buddhism.
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E.
Mibuchi
Mibuchi is a Japanese surname borne by individuals such as Tadahiko Mibuchi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural role
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religious specialist ⓘ ritual performer ⓘ spirit medium ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cap Go Meh
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Chinese New Year ⓘ
linked to:
Spring Festival
Chinese folk religion ⓘ ritual blessing ⓘ ritual protection ⓘ spirit possession ⓘ trance ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| culture | Indonesian Chinese culture ⓘ |
| hasRitualRole |
blessing spectators
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cleansing misfortune ⓘ protecting the community ⓘ warding off evil spirits ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm |
Hakka Chinese
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linked to:
Hakka language
Indonesian ⓘ |
| performsAct |
brandishing flags and talismans
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carrying ritual weapons ⓘ piercing the body with sharp objects ⓘ riding elaborately decorated palanquins ⓘ walking on blades or sharp implements ⓘ |
| performsDuring |
Cap Go Meh celebrations
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Chinese New Year festivities ⓘ |
| practicedIn |
Kalimantan
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Singkawang ⓘ West Kalimantan ⓘ various Indonesian cities with Chinese communities ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhist-influenced practices
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Chinese folk religion in Indonesia ⓘ Taoist-influenced practices ⓘ local spirit cults ⓘ |
| ritualTechnique |
entering trance state
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invocation of protective spirits ⓘ processional performance ⓘ public display of invulnerability ⓘ spirit possession of deities or ancestors ⓘ |
| socialFunction |
affirming Chinese Indonesian identity
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attracting religious tourism ⓘ maintaining local religious traditions ⓘ strengthening community solidarity ⓘ |
| uses |
altars and offerings
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incense ⓘ paper talismans ⓘ ritual weapons ⓘ |
| wears |
deity-specific attire
ⓘ
protective talismans ⓘ ritual costumes ⓘ |
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: Tatung Description of subject: Tatung are spirit-medium performers in Indonesian Chinese culture, especially prominent during Cap Go Meh celebrations, who enter trance states to carry out acts of ritual protection and blessing.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.