Khasi people

E167891
ethnic group indigenous people

The Khasi people are an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Himalayas known for their matrilineal society, distinct Austroasiatic language, and rich cultural traditions centered in the hills of present-day Meghalaya.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Khasi people canonical 17
Khasi 1
War Khasi people 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alsoFoundIn Assam ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

Myanmar ⓘ
cashCrop betel leaf ⓘ
betel nut ⓘ
oranges ⓘ
clanSystem matriclan-based ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice community-based land management ⓘ
living root bridges ⓘ
descentTracedThrough mother ⓘ
economy agriculture-based ⓘ
ethnicity Khasi people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Khasi
festival Nongkrem Dance Festival ⓘ
Shad Suk Mynsiem ⓘ
governingInstitution Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council ⓘ
inheritancePattern matrilineal inheritance ⓘ
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent ⓘ
language Khasi language ⓘ
languageBranch Khasic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austroasiatic ⓘ
surface form: Austroasiatic languages
majorChristianDenomination Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism

Presbyterianism ⓘ
musicTradition folk songs and dances ⓘ
notableFeature one of the few matrilineal societies in India ⓘ
strong clan-based social organization ⓘ
surnames inherited from mother ⓘ
partOf Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group ⓘ
surface form: Scheduled Tribes of India
primaryLocation India ⓘ
Meghalaya ⓘ
region Jaintia Hills ⓘ
Khasi Hills ⓘ
Ri Bhoi district ⓘ
surface form: Ri-Bhoi district
relatedEthnicGroup Jaintia people ⓘ
Pnar people ⓘ
War Khasi ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
socialSystem matrilineal ⓘ
state Meghalaya ⓘ
traditionalAgriculture shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalCouncil Dorbar ⓘ
traditionalDress jainsem (for women) ⓘ
jymphong (for men) ⓘ
traditionalHeadTitle Lyngdoh ⓘ
Rangbah Shnong ⓘ
Syiem ⓘ
traditionalInstrument bom ⓘ
duitara ⓘ
traditionalReligion Niam Khasi ⓘ
Niam Tre ⓘ
traditionalScript no indigenous script historically ⓘ
villageCouncil Dorbar Shnong ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
youngestDaughterRole custodian of ancestral property ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Northeast India → hasEthnicGroup → Khasi people ⓘ
Meghalaya → hasTribalGroup → Khasi people ⓘ
Austroasiatic → spokenBy → Khasi people ⓘ
Shillong → hasEthnicCommunity → Khasi people ⓘ
Mawsynram → demographicsGroup → Khasi people ⓘ
Khasi people → ethnicity → Khasi people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
Tiwa people → neighboringGroup → Khasi people ⓘ
Khasi Hills → hasEthnicGroup → Khasi people ⓘ
Cherrapunji → ethnicGroup → Khasi people ⓘ
Seven Sister States → hasMajorEthnicGroups → Khasi people ⓘ
Jaintia people → ethnicallyRelatedTo → Khasi people ⓘ
Mawlynnong → majorEthnicGroup → Khasi people ⓘ
Khasi language → ethnicGroup → Khasi people ⓘ
Khasian → associatedEthnicGroup → Khasi people ⓘ
Khasic languages → hasEthnicGroup → Khasi people ⓘ
Khasic languages → hasEthnicGroup → Khasi people ⓘ
this entity surface form: War Khasi people
Shillong Plateau → inhabitedBy → Khasi people ⓘ
East Khasi Hills district → ethnicGroup → Khasi people ⓘ
Palaung people → relatedEthnicGroup → Khasi people ⓘ