Marakwet people

E930275

The Marakwet people are a Kalenjin ethnic group from Kenya’s Rift Valley, known for their terraced agriculture, rich oral traditions, and distinctive cultural practices.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Marakwet people canonical 13

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kalenjin subgroup ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalPractice irrigated farming ⓘ
terracing ⓘ
associatedWithRiver Kerio River NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kenya ⓘ
culturalArea East Africa ⓘ
engagedIn pastoralism ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Kenya ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Kalenjin ⓘ
hasOralTradition folktales ⓘ
proverbs ⓘ
ritual narratives ⓘ
songs ⓘ
hasSubcountyNamedAfter Marakwet East ⓘ
Marakwet West ⓘ
knownFor distinctive cultural practices ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
terraced agriculture on steep slopes ⓘ
language Marakwet language ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Nilotic languages ⓘ
Southern Nilotic languages ⓘ
livelihoodZone semi-arid highlands ⓘ
locatedIn Elgeyo-Marakwet County ⓘ
Kerio Valley ⓘ
Rift Valley Province ⓘ
nationality Kenyan ⓘ
neighboringGroup Keiyo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pokot people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tugen people ⓘ
partOf Kalenjin people ⓘ
politicalRepresentation Elgeyo-Marakwet County government ⓘ
region Kenya’s Rift Valley ⓘ
linked to: Kenya Rift Valley
religion Christianity ⓘ
socialOrganization clan-based system ⓘ
subgroupOf Highland Nilotes ⓘ
linked to: Nilotic peoples
traditionalConflictHistoryWith Pokot people NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalEconomicActivity livestock keeping ⓘ
mixed farming ⓘ
terraced agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalReligion indigenous African beliefs ⓘ
traditionalSettlementArea Kerio Valley escarpment ⓘ
uses irrigation furrows ⓘ
usesLandscape mountain slopes ⓘ
valley floors ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Marakwet → spokenBy → Marakwet people ⓘ
Marakwet → ethnicGroupAssociated → Marakwet people ⓘ
Kalenjin people → subgroup → Marakwet people ⓘ
Kipsigis community → relatedGroup → Marakwet people ⓘ
Kipsigiis → relatedEthnicGroup → Marakwet people ⓘ
Tugen people → relatedEthnicGroup → Marakwet people ⓘ
Endo → alternateNameOf → Marakwet people ⓘ
Endo → ethnicallyEquivalentTo → Marakwet people ⓘ
Marakwet language → spokenBy → Marakwet people ⓘ
Marakwet language → ethnicGroup → Marakwet people ⓘ
Elgeyo-Marakwet County → hasEthnicGroup → Marakwet people ⓘ
Sabaot people → relatedEthnicGroup → Marakwet people ⓘ
Kipsigis people → relatedEthnicGroup → Marakwet people ⓘ