Bama

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ethnic group

Bama is an alternative name for the Bamar, the dominant ethnic group of Myanmar known for their significant cultural and political influence in the country.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bama canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeNameOf Bamar ⓘ
associatedWithState Bamar-dominated central state of Myanmar ⓘ
capitalCityAssociated Naypyidaw ⓘ
colonialHistoryContext Burma (until 1937) ⓘ
surface form: British Burma
country Myanmar ⓘ
culturalInfluence high cultural influence in Myanmar ⓘ
demographicRole largest ethnic group in Myanmar ⓘ
dominantEthnicGroupIn Myanmar ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Burmese people ⓘ
exonym Burmese ⓘ
surface form: Burman
formerCapitalCityAssociated Mandalay ⓘ
Yangon ⓘ
historicalKingdoms Konbaung Dynasty ⓘ
Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
language Burmese ⓘ
surface form: Burmese language
majorFestivals Tazaungdaing Festival ⓘ
Thadingyut ⓘ
surface form: Thadingyut Festival

Thingyan festival ⓘ
surface form: Thingyan (Burmese New Year Water Festival)
majorityPopulationStatus ethnic majority in Myanmar ⓘ
majorityReligionBranch Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada school of Buddhism
modernStateName Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
notableReligiousSite Shwedagon Pagoda ⓘ
politicalInfluence high political influence in Myanmar ⓘ
politicalRole historically dominant in Myanmar politics ⓘ
postcolonialState Assembly of the Union of Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Union of Burma
primaryReligion Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroups Karen people ⓘ
Mon people ⓘ
Rakhine people ⓘ
religiousArchitecture pagodas ⓘ
stupas ⓘ
scriptUsed Burmese script ⓘ
selfDesignation Bamar ⓘ
stateLanguageDominance Burmese as official language of Myanmar ⓘ
traditionalCuisine laphet thoke (tea leaf salad) ⓘ
mohinga ⓘ
traditionalDress eingyi ⓘ
longyi ⓘ
traditionalMusic saing waing ensemble ⓘ
traditionalPerformingArts puppet theater ⓘ
zat pwe (Burmese traditional theater) ⓘ
traditionalReligionElements Buddhism ⓘ
astrology ⓘ
nat spirit worship ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemFamily Brahmic scripts ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Bamar → alternativeName → Bama ⓘ
Bama massacre → location → Bama ⓘ