Synteng people

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The Synteng people, also known as the Jaintia, are an indigenous ethnic group of northeastern India primarily inhabiting the Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, with their own distinct language, culture, and traditions.

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Synteng people canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
administrativeRegion East Jaintia Hills district ⓘ
West Jaintia Hills district ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jaintia people ⓘ
Pnars ⓘ
linked to: Pnar
colonialHistory annexed by the British in 1835 ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalTrait clan-based organization ⓘ
megalithic traditions ⓘ
sacred groves ⓘ
descentSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
ethnonymOrigin Jaintia is an exonym ⓘ
linked to: Jaintia people

Synteng is an endonym ⓘ
governedBy Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council ⓘ
historicalCapital Jaintiapur ⓘ
Nartiang ⓘ
historicalPolity Jaintia Kingdom ⓘ
inheritancePattern matrilineal inheritance ⓘ
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages ⓘ
linked to: Austroasiatic
locatedIn Northeastern India ⓘ
linked to: Northeast India
nativeLanguage Jaintia language ⓘ
Pnar language ⓘ
populationRegion Assam ⓘ
Bangladesh (border areas) ⓘ
primaryRegion Jaintia Hills ⓘ
region Eastern Meghalaya ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Khasi people ⓘ
War Khasi people ⓘ
linked to: Khasi people
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
scheduledTribeStatus recognized as Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
state Meghalaya ⓘ
subgroupOf Khasi–Pnar peoples ⓘ
linked to: Khasi people
traditionalDance Laho dance ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
betel nut cultivation ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
lime stone quarrying ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalFestival Behdienkhlam ⓘ
linked to: Behdeinkhlam

Laho dance festival ⓘ
linked to: Laho dance
traditionalLaw customary law ⓘ
traditionalReligion Niamtre ⓘ
traditionalReligionCenter Nartiang Durga Temple area (syncretic practices) ⓘ
traditionalReligionType indigenous religion ⓘ
traditionalSocialSystem matrilineal ⓘ

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

Jaintia people → alsoKnownAs → Synteng people ⓘ