Rawang people

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The Rawang people are an indigenous ethnic group of northern Myanmar known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language, highland farming traditions, and residence in remote, mountainous border regions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rawang people canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
colonialHistory came under British rule as part of Burma ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
culturalArea Eastern Himalayas ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Myanmar ⓘ
geographicEnvironment Himalayan foothills ⓘ
tropical montane forest ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Chiang ⓘ
Daru ⓘ
Daru Rawang ⓘ
Hkanung ⓘ
Kiu ⓘ
Kwinpang ⓘ
Nung Rawang ⓘ
linked to: Rawang

Tangsar ⓘ
hasAutonym Rvwang ⓘ
hasOralTradition epic songs ⓘ
folktales ⓘ
ritual chants ⓘ
language Rawang language ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
linguisticStatus minority language speakers in Myanmar ⓘ
minorityStatus ethnic minority in Myanmar ⓘ
nativeTo Kachin State ⓘ
northern Sagaing Region ⓘ
populationCountry Myanmar ⓘ
postcolonialState Union of Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar
region northern Myanmar ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kachin people ⓘ
Nung people ⓘ
religion Animism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
residence border regions of Myanmar ⓘ
remote mountainous regions ⓘ
traditionalCrop maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
rice ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood highland farming ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalLivestock cattle ⓘ
chickens ⓘ
pigs ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor worship ⓘ
usesScript Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Hkakabo Razi region → indigenousPeoples → Rawang people ⓘ
Kachin State → ethnicGroup → Rawang people ⓘ
Northern Myanmar → hasEthnicGroup → Rawang people ⓘ
Putao Township → ethnicGroup → Rawang people ⓘ
Putao District → hasEthnicGroup → Rawang people ⓘ