Dai

E197136
Tai ethnic group ethnic group

The Dai are an ethnic group in southern China and Southeast Asia, culturally related to the Thai and Lao peoples and known for their Theravada Buddhist traditions, distinctive festivals, and stilted wooden houses.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Dai canonical 5
Dai (Day) 1
Daic 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
autonomousRegionInChina Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
Gengma Dai and Va Autonomous County ⓘ
Jinggu Dai and Yi Autonomous County ⓘ
Menglian Dai, Lahu and Va Autonomous County ⓘ
Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County ⓘ
Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
calendarType lunar-solar calendar ⓘ
climateOfHomeland subtropical ⓘ
tropical ⓘ
country China ⓘ
ethnicGroupIn Yunnan Province ⓘ
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityBy China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
southern China ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Lao ⓘ
Shan ⓘ
Thai people ⓘ
surface form: Thai

Zhuang people ⓘ
surface form: Zhuang
religion Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism

ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
traditionalArt Buddhist mural painting ⓘ
silverwork ⓘ
textile weaving ⓘ
traditionalClothingFeature brightly colored skirts ⓘ
fitted blouses ⓘ
headscarves ⓘ
traditionalDance peacock dance ⓘ
traditionalFestival Songkran-related New Year festival ⓘ
Thingyan festival ⓘ
surface form: Water Splashing Festival
traditionalFood chili-based dishes ⓘ
glutinous rice ⓘ
grilled fish ⓘ
pickled vegetables ⓘ
traditionalHouseMaterial bamboo ⓘ
wood ⓘ
traditionalHouseType stilted wooden house ⓘ
traditionalOccupation handicrafts ⓘ
sugarcane cultivation ⓘ
tea cultivation ⓘ
wet-rice cultivation ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature Buddhist temples ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ
ordination of monks ⓘ
writingSystem New Tai Lue script ⓘ
Tai Tham script ⓘ
surface form: Old Tai Lue script

Tai Nüa script ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Yunnan Province → ethnicGroup → Dai ⓘ
YN → hasEthnicGroup → Dai ⓘ
Yuxi → hasEthnicGroup → Dai ⓘ
Bouyei language → hasAlternativeFamilyName → Dai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daic
Day language → hasAlternativeName → Dai ⓘ
Day language → hasAlternativeName → Dai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dai (Day)
Dai Jitao → familyName → Dai ⓘ