Dimasa community

E237119
ethnic group indigenous people

The Dimasa community is an indigenous ethnic group of Northeast India, known for its distinct Tibeto-Burman language, rich folk traditions, and historical kingdom in the region now spanning parts of Assam and Nagaland.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dimasa community canonical 2
Dimasa women 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alternativeName Dima ⓘ
Dimasa Kachari ⓘ
ancestralTerritory North Cachar Hills ⓘ
southern Assam ⓘ
clanSystem patrilineal clans ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor worship ⓘ
folk dances ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
surface form: Tibeto-Burman
ethnonym Dimasa ⓘ
festival Bushu Dima ⓘ
festivalType harvest festival ⓘ
historicalKingdom Dimasa Kingdom ⓘ
Kachari Kingdom ⓘ
historicalRegion present-day Assam ⓘ
present-day Nagaland ⓘ
language Dimasa language ⓘ
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
languageSubfamily Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
politicalOrganization Dimasa National Council ⓘ
Dimasa Students’ Union ⓘ
primaryRegion Northeast India ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Bodo people ⓘ
Kachari people ⓘ
Kokborok-speaking Tripuri people ⓘ
Tiwa people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
scriptUsage uses Latin script for Dimasa language ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Cachar district ⓘ
Dima Hasao district ⓘ
Dimapur district ⓘ
Hojai ⓘ
surface form: Hojai district

Karbi Anglong ⓘ
surface form: Karbi Anglong district
socialStructure village council system ⓘ
state Assam ⓘ
Nagaland ⓘ
traditionalDress Rigu ⓘ
Risha ⓘ
Sgaopha ⓘ
traditionalOccupation animal husbandry ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
wet rice cultivation ⓘ
traditionalReligion Bathouism ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Barak Valley → hasCulturalGroup → Dimasa community ⓘ
Baidima → danceTraditionOf → Dimasa community ⓘ
Rigu (women's lower garment) → wornBy → Dimasa community ⓘ
subject surface form: Rigu
this entity surface form: Dimasa women