Apatani

E213190

ethnic group indigenous people tribal community

The Apatani are an indigenous tribal community of northeastern India known for their unique wet rice and fish farming practices, distinctive facial tattoos and nose plugs (historically among women), and rich ecological and cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Apatani people	5
Apatani canonical	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ tribal community ⓘ
academicInterest	studied as model of sustainable mountain agriculture ⓘ
agriculturalSystem	organic manure-based farming ⓘ terraced paddy fields without use of draft animals ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
culturalFeature	complex ritual system ⓘ indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms ⓘ oral traditions ⓘ
currentTrend	facial tattooing largely discontinued ⓘ nose plug practice largely discontinued ⓘ
DreeFestivalType	agricultural festival ⓘ
environmentalRelationship	intensive land use with high biodiversity conservation ⓘ
fishSpeciesCultivated	common carp ⓘ
heritageStatus	Ziro Valley proposed for UNESCO World Heritage List ⓘ
historicalPractice	insertion of large nose plugs in women ⓘ tattooing of women’s faces ⓘ
historicalPracticeReason	believed to discourage raiders from abducting women ⓘ
knownFor	distinctive facial tattoos ⓘ indigenous religious practices ⓘ integrated rice–fish farming system ⓘ nose plugs worn by women (historically) ⓘ rich cultural traditions ⓘ sustainable agricultural practices ⓘ traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ wet rice cultivation ⓘ
language	Apatani language ⓘ
languageFamily	Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ Tani languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Northeast India ⓘ
majorFestival	Dree festival ⓘ Myoko festival ⓘ
MyokoFestivalType	festival of friendship and prosperity ⓘ
populationRegion	concentrated in Ziro and surrounding villages ⓘ
primaryDistrict	Lower Subansiri district ⓘ
primaryRegion	Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
primaryValley	Ziro Valley ⓘ
recognizedAs	Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
socialOrganization	clan-based society ⓘ
socialStructure	village councils ⓘ
traditionalCraft	bamboo work ⓘ weaving ⓘ
traditionalDance	ritual dances ⓘ
traditionalDress	distinctive woven garments ⓘ
traditionalEconomy	subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing	stilt houses made of bamboo and wood ⓘ
traditionalMusic	folk songs ⓘ
traditionalReligion	Donyi-Polo ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

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# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Apatani
Description of subject: The Apatani are an indigenous tribal community of northeastern India known for their unique wet rice and fish farming practices, distinctive facial tattoos and nose plugs (historically among women), and rich ecological and cultural traditions.