Maithil community

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The Maithil community is an ethnolinguistic group from the Mithila region of India and Nepal, known for its Maithili language, rich literary heritage, and distinctive Mithila art and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Maithil community canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian community ⓘ
Nepali community ⓘ
ethnolinguistic group ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosophicalSchool Navya-Nyaya ⓘ
associatedWithPoet Vidyapati ⓘ
associatedWithScholar Gangesha Upadhyaya ⓘ
borderingRegion Bhojpuri region ⓘ
Magahi region ⓘ
Tharu region ⓘ
concentratedInIndianState Bihar ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
concentratedInNepalProvince Madhesh Province ⓘ
cuisineSpeciality dahi-chura ⓘ
pua ⓘ
tarua ⓘ
thekua ⓘ
danceTradition Jat-Jatin dance ⓘ
Jhijhiya dance ⓘ
diasporaPresence Assam ⓘ
Delhi ⓘ
Kolkata ⓘ
linked to: Calcutta

Mumbai ⓘ
Terai region of Nepal ⓘ
dowryPractice historically prevalent ⓘ
ethnicity Maithil ⓘ
hasCulturalTradition Maithil marriage rituals ⓘ
Maithili festivals ⓘ
Maithili folk dance ⓘ
Maithili folk songs ⓘ
Mithila painting ⓘ
linked to: Madhubani painting
literaryTraditionIn Maithili literature ⓘ
majorFestival Chhath ⓘ
linked to: Chhath Puja

Diwali ⓘ
Durga Puja ⓘ
Holi ⓘ
Jitiya ⓘ
Sama Chakeva ⓘ
marriageCustom Kanyadaan ritual ⓘ
Kohbar decoration ⓘ
Panigrahan ritual ⓘ
musicTradition Maithili folk music ⓘ
Sama-Chakeva songs ⓘ
nativeToCountry India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
nativeToRegion Mithila region ⓘ
notableArtForm Madhubani painting ⓘ
oralTradition Maithili folk tales ⓘ
Maithili proverbs ⓘ
patrilineal true ⓘ
patrilocal true ⓘ
primaryLanguage Maithili language ⓘ
recognizedLanguageStatus Maithili is recognized language in Nepal ⓘ
Maithili is scheduled language of India ⓘ
linked to: Maithili
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Jainism ⓘ
scriptUsedCurrently Devanagari script ⓘ
scriptUsedHistorically Maithili script ⓘ
Tirhuta script ⓘ
traditionalDressMen dhoti-kurta ⓘ
traditionalDressWomen saree with madhubani motifs ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
art and painting ⓘ
priesthood ⓘ
scholarship ⓘ
traditionalRegionCity Darbhanga ⓘ
Janakpur ⓘ
Madhubani ⓘ
Sitamarhi ⓘ
traditionalSocialGroup Maithil Brahmin ⓘ
Maithil Kayastha ⓘ
linked to: Kayastha
weddingSongTradition Suhag geet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Harlakhi → associatedWith → Maithil community ⓘ
Saptari District → hasEthnicGroup → Maithil community ⓘ