Lisu

E197137
ethnic group ethnic minority

The Lisu are an ethnic minority people of the mountainous regions of southwest China and neighboring countries, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language, traditional music, and vibrant festivals.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lisu canonical 4
Lisu language 3
Lisu traditional music 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic minority ⓘ
autonomousPrefectureInhabited Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
communal dancing ⓘ
courtship singing ⓘ
culturalRegion Himalayan foothills region ⓘ
surface form: Himalayan foothills

Upper Salween River basin ⓘ
ethnonym Jingpo people ⓘ
surface form: Lisu people
festival Kuoshi Festival ⓘ
festivalType New Year festival ⓘ
language Lisu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lisu language
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
migrationPattern mountainous border regions ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups Han Chinese ⓘ
Nu people ⓘ
Tibetan people ⓘ
Yi people ⓘ
officialMinorityCategoryInChina Lisu ethnic group ⓘ
populationRegion Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture ⓘ
primaryRegion India ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
Southwest China ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
recognizedAsMinorityBy China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
religion Animism ⓘ
Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
residesIn Sichuan Province ⓘ
surface form: Sichuan

Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
Yunnan Province ⓘ
surface form: Yunnan
traditionalDress brightly colored jackets ⓘ
heavily decorated headdresses ⓘ
traditionalEconomy shifting cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalInstrument bamboo flute ⓘ
three-stringed lute ⓘ
traditionalMusic Lisu traditional songs ⓘ
UNESCOIntangibleHeritageCandidate Lisu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lisu traditional music
writingSystem Fraser alphabet ⓘ
New Lisu script ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Yunnan Province → ethnicGroup → Lisu ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman languages → includesLanguage → Lisu ⓘ
Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas → languageOfLocalCommunities → Lisu ⓘ
YN → hasEthnicGroup → Lisu ⓘ
Lisu → language → Lisu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lisu language
Lisu → UNESCOIntangibleHeritageCandidate → Lisu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lisu traditional music
Diqing → commonlySpokenLanguage → Lisu ⓘ
subject surface form: Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
this entity surface form: Lisu language
Lolo-Burmese → includes → Lisu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lisu language