Bribri

E162018

Indigenous people ethnic group

The Bribri are an Indigenous people of southern Costa Rica and northern Panama known for their Chibchan language, matrilineal social structure, and rich rainforest-based cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bribri people	6
Bribri language	4
Bribri canonical	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
cosmology	based on Sibö (Sibu) creator deity ⓘ
country	Costa Rica ⓘ Panama ⓘ
culturalArea	Central America ⓘ
culturalTraditions	cacao ceremonies ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ rainforest-based knowledge ⓘ shamanism ⓘ
economy	small-scale agriculture and cacao production ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Costa Rica ⓘ Panama ⓘ
facesIssue	environmental threats to rainforest ⓘ land rights conflicts ⓘ
hasEndangeredLanguage	Bribri self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bribri language
kinshipSystem	matrilineal descent ⓘ
knowledgeSystem	traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ
languageFamily	Chibchan languages ⓘ
locatedIn	northern Panama ⓘ southern Costa Rica ⓘ
partOf	Chibchan cultural area ⓘ
populationCenter	Talamanca Indigenous Territory ⓘ surface form: Cabagra Indigenous Territory Talamanca Indigenous Territory ⓘ surface form: Kekoldi Indigenous Territory Salitre Indigenous Territory ⓘ Talamanca Indigenous Territory ⓘ
primaryHabitat	tropical rainforest ⓘ
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleBy	Government of Costa Rica ⓘ surface form: Costa Rican government Government of Panama ⓘ surface form: Panamanian government
region	Bocas del Toro Province ⓘ surface form: Bocas del Toro region Caribbean coast of Costa Rica ⓘ surface form: Caribbean slope of Costa Rica Talamanca mountain range ⓘ surface form: Talamanca Mountains
relatedEthnicGroup	Buglé ⓘ Cabécar ⓘ Ngäbe ⓘ
religion	Bribri traditional religion ⓘ
socialStructure	matrilineal ⓘ
speaks	Bribri self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bribri language
traditionalAuthority	awa (shaman) leaders ⓘ
traditionalCrop	cacao ⓘ maize ⓘ plantain ⓘ
traditionalHousing	conical thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Talamanca region ⓘ
usesLanguageScript	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Isthmo-Colombian Area → hasIndigenousGroup → Bribri ⓘ

Ngobe → hasNeighboringLanguages → Bribri ⓘ

Chibchan languages → languageFamilyOf → Bribri ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bribri language

Cabécar → relatedGroups → Bribri ⓘ