Tibetan people

E133172
ethnic group indigenous people

The Tibetan people are an ethnic group native to the Tibetan Plateau in Asia, known for their distinct Himalayan culture, Tibetan Buddhism, and traditional pastoral and agricultural lifestyles.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Tibetan people canonical 17
Tibetans 14
Tibetan diaspora 2

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
associatedWith Jokhang Temple ⓘ
Lhasa ⓘ
Potala Palace ⓘ
averageElevationOfHomeland over 4000 meters ⓘ
climateAdaptation high-altitude adaptation ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
culture Buddhist culture ⓘ
Himalayan culture ⓘ
diasporaCenter Dharamshala ⓘ
McLeod Ganj ⓘ
historicalEmpire Tibetan Empire ⓘ
historicalPolity Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form: Tibet
language Tibetan language ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
majorReligion Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
nativeTo Himalayas ⓘ
Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
notablePractice circumambulation of sacred sites ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ
use of prayer flags ⓘ
use of prayer wheels ⓘ
primaryRegion Gansu Province ⓘ
surface form: Gansu

Qinghai ⓘ
Sichuan Province ⓘ
surface form: Sichuan

Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
surface form: Yunnan
recognizedAs ethnic minority in China ⓘ
religion Bön ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Bhutan ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Western countries ⓘ
spiritualLeader Dalai Lama ⓘ
Panchen Lama ⓘ
traditionalArchitecture fortress-like houses ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ
traditionalArt religious sculpture ⓘ
sand mandala ⓘ
thangka painting ⓘ
traditionalClothing chuba ⓘ
traditionalCrop barley ⓘ
traditionalDrink butter tea ⓘ
chang ⓘ
traditionalFestival Losar ⓘ
Saga Dawa ⓘ
Shoton Festival ⓘ
traditionalFood butter tea ⓘ
tsampa ⓘ
traditionalLifestyle agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
traditionalMusic chanting ⓘ
long horns ⓘ
ritual music ⓘ
traditionalOccupation sheep herding ⓘ
yak herding ⓘ
traditionalReligion Bön ⓘ
writingSystem Tibetan script ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

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

Sino-Tibetan languages → spokenBy → Tibetan people ⓘ
Tibetan Plateau → inhabitedBy → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibetans
Tibet Autonomous Region → ethnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibetans
Dalai Lama → ethnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Western China → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibetans
Lanzhou → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Tingri County → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Qiang people → relatedEthnicGroups → Tibetan people ⓘ
Nyainqêntanglha Range → isSacredTo → Tibetan people ⓘ
eastern Tibet → traditionalInhabitants → Tibetan people ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: Tibetans
eastern Tibet → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Tibet
this entity surface form: Khampa Tibetans
Kailash Range → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Tibetan people ⓘ
Nangpa La → associatedWith → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibetan diaspora
Aisin Gioro → ethnicGroupRuled → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibetans
Taktser, Amdo, Tibet → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Lisu → neighboringEthnicGroups → Tibetan people ⓘ
Losar → observedBy → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibetans
Losar → observedBy → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibetan diaspora
Qiang → relatedEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Monpa → culturallyRelatedTo → Tibetan people ⓘ
Diqing → ethnicAutonomyFor → Tibetan people ⓘ
subject surface form: Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
this entity surface form: Tibetans
Diqing → hasEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
subject surface form: Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
this entity surface form: Tibetans
Students for Free Tibet → foundedBy → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibetan exiles
Nujiang → ethnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Southwest China → ethnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Sherpa people → relatedEthnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
Tingri → hasEthnicMajority → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibetans
Xining → ethnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibetans
Inland China → culturalFeature → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: TibetanCulture
Idu Mishmi people → neighboringGroups → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibetans
Himalayan region → inhabitedBy → Tibetan people ⓘ
Dazhao Temple → associatedEthnicGroups → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibetans
Sikkim Himalaya → supportsCulture → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhutia people
Nyingma school → ethnicGroupAssociated → Tibetan people ⓘ
Balti people → ancestralOrigin → Tibetan people ⓘ
Nagqu Prefecture-level City → ethnicGroup → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibetans
Tara → worshippedBy → Tibetan people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tibetans