Mewahang Rai

E820729

Mewahang Rai is a subgroup of the Rai people, an indigenous ethnic community of the eastern Himalayan region of Nepal with its own distinct language and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mewahang Rai canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic subgroup ⓘ
associatedWith Himalayan region ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
culturalRegion eastern Himalayas ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Himalayas
ethnicGroupIn Nepal ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Mewahang Rai people ⓘ
follows clan-based social structure ⓘ
hasAutonym Mewahang ⓘ
hasCulturalElement folk dances ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
oral narratives ⓘ
traditional rituals ⓘ
hasDistinct cultural traditions ⓘ
language ⓘ
hasEthnicIdentity Rai ⓘ
hasIntangibleHeritage indigenous knowledge systems ⓘ
ritual chants ⓘ
traditional festivals ⓘ
hasLanguage Mewahang language ⓘ
hasTraditionalEconomy animal husbandry ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasTraditionalOralTradition Mundhum ⓘ
hasTraditionalSettlementPattern hill villages ⓘ
indigenousTo eastern Nepal ⓘ
languageBranch Kiranti languages ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan ⓘ
linguisticMinorityIn Nepal ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Himalayan region of Nepal ⓘ
minorityStatusIn Nepal ⓘ
partOf Kirati peoples ⓘ
practices ancestor worship ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
recognizedAs indigenous nationality of Nepal ⓘ
region eastern hills of Nepal ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroups Bantawa Rai ⓘ
Chamling Rai ⓘ
Kulung Rai ⓘ
Thulung Rai ⓘ
sharesCulturalHeritageWith other Rai subgroups ⓘ
subgroupOf Rai people ⓘ
linked to: Rai peoples
traditionalReligion Kirat Mundhum ⓘ
usesScript Devanagari (for Nepali and some written use) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Rai → hasSubgroup → Mewahang Rai ⓘ
Mewahang language → ethnicGroup → Mewahang Rai ⓘ