Bama

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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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bama canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

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