Nasioi people

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The Nasioi people are an indigenous ethnic group of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, known for their distinct Austronesian language and traditional subsistence farming culture.

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Nasioi people canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
cashCrop cocoa
copra
colonialHistoryWith Australia
Germany
continent Oceania
country Papua New Guinea
culturalRegion Melanesia
hasMusicTradition percussion instruments
vocal music
hasOralTradition Nasioi oral history
hasRitual initiation ceremonies
mortuary rituals
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
involvedIn Bougainville Civil War
surface form: Bougainville conflict
kinshipSystem clan exogamy
language Nasioi language
languageFamily East Papuan languages
South Bougainville languages
locatedIn Autonomous Region of Bougainville
Bougainville Island
nativeTo Bougainville Island
Papua New Guinea
partOf Bougainvillean peoples
primaryEconomicActivity cash cropping
small-scale agriculture
region central Bougainville
eastern Bougainville
religion Christianity
traditional indigenous beliefs
socialOrganization clan-based system
traditionalHousing bush-material houses
stilt houses
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gardening
hunting
shifting cultivation
subsistence farming
usesCrop banana
coconut
sweet potato
taro
yam
usesTool metal tools (contemporary)
stone adze (historically)
wooden digging stick

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

Bougainville Island hasEthnicGroup Nasioi people
Panguna mine associatedEthnicGroup Nasioi people