Monpa

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Monpa are an indigenous ethnic group of the eastern Himalayas, primarily inhabiting the Tawang and West Kameng regions, known for their Tibetan Buddhist culture, traditional crafts, and high-altitude agrarian lifestyle.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Monpa canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
associatedWithReligion Tibetan Buddhism
celebratesFestival Choskar
Losar
Torgya
culturalHeritageStatus distinct Himalayan culture
culturallyRelatedTo Bhutia
Sherdukpen
Tibetan people
engagesIn sheep rearing
trade with Tibet
yak rearing
ethnicallyLocatedIn Eastern Himalayas
surface form: eastern Himalayas
followsBuddhistSchool Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism
surface form: Gelug school

Nyingma school
hasReligiousInstitution Tawang Monastery
monasteries
languageStatus minority language group in India
locatedInCountry India
locatedInState Arunachal Pradesh
practices monastic Buddhism
primarilyInhabits Tawang
surface form: Tawang district

West Kameng district
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India
regionCharacterizedBy cold climate
high-altitude terrain
religiousMinorityStatus Buddhist minority in Arunachal Pradesh
speaksLanguage Monpa language
speaksLanguageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages
traditionalBeliefElement animistic practices
shamanistic practices
traditionalClothing long robes
woolen garments
traditionalCraft carpet making
metalwork
thangka painting
weaving
wood carving
traditionalDrink butter tea
traditionalFood barley-based foods
buckwheat-based foods
traditionalHouseType stone and wood houses
traditionalLifestyle high-altitude agrarian lifestyle
traditionalOccupation agriculture
animal husbandry
usesScript Tibetan script

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

Bomdila ethnicGroup Monpa