Garo people

E247309

ethnic group indigenous people

The Garo people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic group of Northeast India and neighboring Bangladesh, known for their matrilineal society, distinct language, and rich cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Garo people canonical	10
Garo	6
Garo community	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ
clanSystem	matrilineal clans ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh India ⓘ
descentSystem	matrilineal descent ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh India ⓘ
inheritancePattern	matrilineal inheritance ⓘ
kinshipSystem	clan exogamy ⓘ
languageFamily	Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
majorFestival	Wangala festival ⓘ
majorityIn	East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya ⓘ surface form: East Garo Hills district South Garo Hills district ⓘ West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya ⓘ surface form: West Garo Hills district
marriageResidencePattern	matrilocal residence ⓘ
musicTradition	folk songs ⓘ
nativeTo	Assam ⓘ People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Meghalaya ⓘ Mymensingh ⓘ surface form: Mymensingh Division Northeast India ⓘ Sylhet Division ⓘ Tripura ⓘ
populationConcentratedIn	Meghalaya ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Garo language ⓘ
recognizedAs	Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
recognizedInState	Assam ⓘ Meghalaya ⓘ Tripura ⓘ
region	Garo Hills ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Bodo people ⓘ Koch people ⓘ Rabha people ⓘ Tibeto-Burman peoples ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
socialSystem	matrilineal society ⓘ
traditionalAgriculture	jhum cultivation ⓘ
traditionalDance	Wangala dance ⓘ
traditionalDress	dakmanda ⓘ dakshari ⓘ gando ⓘ
traditionalInstrument	drums ⓘ flutes ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalReligion	Songsarek ⓘ
writingSystem	Bengali script ⓘ surface form: Bengali–Assamese script Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script