Cewa

E926099

Cewa is an alternative name for the Chewa, a Bantu ethnic group primarily found in Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique known for their rich cultural traditions and Chichewa language.

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Cewa canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Chewa ⓘ
linked to: Chichewa
associatedLanguageCode ny ⓘ
nyn ⓘ
colonialHistory affected by British colonial rule in Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
affected by British colonial rule in Nyasaland ⓘ
affected by Portuguese colonial rule in Mozambique ⓘ
country Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
culturalRegion Central Region of Malawi ⓘ
linked to: Central Malawi

Eastern Province of Zambia ⓘ
Tete Province of Mozambique ⓘ
linked to: Tete Province
demographicSignificance one of the largest ethnic groups in Malawi ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
hasCulturalTradition Gule Wamkulu ⓘ
kinshipSystem matrilineal ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
languageSpoken Chewa language ⓘ
Chichewa ⓘ
linguisticBranch Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
majorityIn Central Malawi ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the major ethnic groups in Malawi ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
subgroupOf Bantu peoples ⓘ
traditionalArt mask carving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalCrop cassava ⓘ
groundnuts ⓘ
maize ⓘ
traditionalDance Gule Wamkulu masked dance ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing village settlements ⓘ
traditionalInstrument drums ⓘ
horns ⓘ
traditionalMusic drumming ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature ancestral veneration ⓘ
UNESCOIntangibleHeritage Gule Wamkulu ⓘ
UNESCOIntangibleHeritageCountry Malawi ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

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