Dima

E820059

Dima is an alternative name for the Dimasa people, an indigenous ethnic group primarily inhabiting parts of Northeast India.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dima canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Dimasa people ⓘ
associatedRiver Brahmaputra River ⓘ
linked to: Brahmaputra
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice Bushu festival ⓘ
Hojai festival ⓘ
culturalRegion Barak Valley ⓘ
Brahmaputra Valley ⓘ
ethnicallyIdentifiedAs Dimasa ⓘ
ethnicReligionCategory animism ⓘ
ethnolinguisticFamily Sino-Tibetan peoples ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman peoples ⓘ
governmentClassification Scheduled Tribe (Hills) in Assam ⓘ
historicalCapital Dimapur ⓘ
Maibang ⓘ
historicalRegion North Cachar Hills ⓘ
indigenousTo Northeast India ⓘ
language Dimasa language ⓘ
linguisticBranch Bodo–Garo languages ⓘ
majorFestival Bushu Dima ⓘ
meaningOfName sons of the great river ⓘ
notableLanguageFeature tonal language ⓘ
presentDistrict Cachar district ⓘ
Dima Hasao district ⓘ
Dimapur district ⓘ
Hojai district ⓘ
linked to: Hojai

Karbi Anglong district ⓘ
linked to: Karbi Anglong
primaryReligionTrend syncretic Hindu and indigenous practices ⓘ
primaryState Assam ⓘ
Nagaland ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
region Northeast India ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
scriptUsed Assamese script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ
selfDesignation Dima ⓘ
Dimasa ⓘ
traditionalClothing Rigu (women’s lower garment) ⓘ
Risha (upper cloth) ⓘ
Sgaopha (men’s headgear) ⓘ
traditionalDance Baidima dance ⓘ
traditionalHouseType stilt house ⓘ
traditionalMusicInstrument Khram (drum) ⓘ
Muri (flute) ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
traditionalPoliticalEntity Dimasa Kingdom ⓘ
traditionalReligion Dimasao religion ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Dimasa people → selfDesignation → Dima ⓘ
subject linked to: Dima