Dimasa-Kachari

E820058

Dimasa-Kachari refers to the Dimasa people, an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic group primarily inhabiting parts of Assam and Nagaland in Northeast India.

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Dimasa-Kachari canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Dimasa people ⓘ
Dimasa-Kachari people ⓘ
linked to: Dimasa people
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice clan-based social organization ⓘ
traditional folk songs and dances ⓘ
culturalRegion Barak Valley ⓘ
Brahmaputra Valley ⓘ
economicActivity horticulture ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Assam ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nagaland ⓘ
ethnonymOrigin Tibeto-Burman ⓘ
festivals Bushu festival ⓘ
governedUnder Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India (in autonomous areas) ⓘ
hasAutonomousCouncil Dima Hasao Autonomous Council ⓘ
historicalKingdom Dimasa Kingdom ⓘ
historicalRegion Kachari Kingdom ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
linguisticBranch Bodo-Garo branch ⓘ
populationCategory minority group in India ⓘ
primaryReligion Hinduism ⓘ
indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
region Northeast India ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Bodo people ⓘ
Garo people ⓘ
Kachari people ⓘ
Koch people ⓘ
selfDesignation Dimasa ⓘ
settlementPattern hill villages ⓘ
river valley settlements ⓘ
speaks Dimasa language ⓘ
state Assam ⓘ
Nagaland ⓘ
subgroupOf Bodo-Kachari peoples ⓘ
linked to: Bodo–Garo peoples
traditionalAgricultureType shifting cultivation ⓘ
wet rice cultivation ⓘ
traditionalDress handwoven garments ⓘ
traditionalHomeland Dima Hasao district ⓘ
North Cachar Hills ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion Bathouism (among Bodo-Kachari groups) ⓘ
linked to: Bathouism
usesScript Assamese script ⓘ
linked to: Bengali script

Latin script ⓘ

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

Dimasa → hasAlternativeName → Dimasa-Kachari ⓘ