Nanai people

E1000401

The Nanai people are an indigenous Tungusic ethnic group of the Russian Far East and northeastern China, traditionally living along the Amur River and known for their fishing, hunting, and rich shamanic and folklore traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Nanai people canonical 7

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
alsoKnownAs Goldi NERFINISHED
Hezhe (in China)
autonym Nanai NERFINISHED
country China
Russia
ethnographicGroupOf Tungusic peoples NERFINISHED
hasCulturalPractice bear cult elements
folklore storytelling
oral epic tradition
shamanic rituals
language Nanai language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Tungusic languages NERFINISHED
nativeTo Russian Far East NERFINISHED
northeastern China
populationCenter Heilongjiang Province NERFINISHED
Khabarovsk Krai NERFINISHED
Primorsky Krai NERFINISHED
recognizedAs indigenous small-numbered people of the North, Siberia and the Far East of Russia
relatedEthnicGroup Evenki people NERFINISHED
Oroch people NERFINISHED
Udege people NERFINISHED
Ulch people NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
Russian Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
shamanism
subgroupOf Amur Tungusic peoples NERFINISHED
traditionalClothingMaterial fish skin
fur
traditionalCraft birch bark work
embroidery
fish-skin clothing
wood carving
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
trapping
traditionalFoodSource salmon
sturgeon
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean dwellings
wooden houses
traditionalReligion ancestor worship
animism
traditionalTerritory Amur River basin NERFINISHED
Lower Amur River NERFINISHED
Sungari River region NERFINISHED
Ussuri River region NERFINISHED
writingSystem Cyrillic script
Latin script (historically and in some contexts)

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Nanai language spokenBy Nanai people
Hezhen language ethnicGroup Nanai people
Udege people relatedEthnicGroup Nanai people
Ulchsky District hasIndigenousGroup Nanai people
Nanaysky District namedAfter Nanai people
Nanaysky District hasEthnicGroup Nanai people