Limbu people

E211163
Kirati people ethnic group indigenous people

The Limbu people are an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Himalayas, primarily in eastern Nepal and neighboring regions of India, known for their distinct Kirati culture, language, and traditions.

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Label Occurrences
Limbu people canonical 4

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kirati people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
clanSystem thar ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
ethnicity Kirati peoples ⓘ
surface form: Kirati
language Limbu language ⓘ
languageBranch Kiranti languages ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
notableDistrictInNepal Ilam District ⓘ
Panchthar District ⓘ
Taplejung District ⓘ
notableProvinceInNepal Koshi Province ⓘ
primaryRegion eastern Nepal ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in parts of India ⓘ
indigenous nationality of Nepal ⓘ
region Eastern Himalayas ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Rai peoples ⓘ
surface form: Rai people

Sunuwar people ⓘ
Yakkha people ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Kirat Mundhum ⓘ
surface form: Kirati Mundhum
script Sirijanga script ⓘ
selfDesignation Yakthung ⓘ
selfDesignationLanguage Yakthung ⓘ
surface form: Yakthungpan
significantRegion Darjeeling Himalayan region ⓘ
surface form: Darjeeling Hills

Sikkim ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
traditionalCouncil Panchayat-like village council ⓘ
traditionalDance Dhan Naach ⓘ
Yalang ⓘ
traditionalDrink tongba ⓘ
yaan ⓘ
traditionalHouseType stone house ⓘ
wooden house ⓘ
traditionalInstrument Chyabrung drum ⓘ
Murchunga ⓘ
flute ⓘ
traditionalLaw customary law ⓘ
traditionalMusic Chyabrung drumming ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
cardamom cultivation ⓘ
terrace farming ⓘ
traditionalReligion Mundhum ⓘ
traditionalReligionSpecialist Phedangma ⓘ
Yeba ⓘ
Yema ⓘ
traditionalText Mundhum oral scripture ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Kangchenjunga → isSacredTo → Limbu people ⓘ
Tibeto-Burman peoples → hasEthnicGroup → Limbu people ⓘ
Kirat Mundhum → associatedEthnicGroup → Limbu people ⓘ
Nepali people → ethnicGroup → Limbu people ⓘ