Iteso people

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The Iteso people are a Nilotic ethnic group primarily inhabiting eastern Uganda and western Kenya, known for their agro-pastoral lifestyle and rich cultural traditions.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Iteso people canonical 4
Teso people 3
Iteso 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic people
ethnic group
clanStructure patrilineal clans
continent Africa
country Kenya
Uganda
ethnicGroupOf Kenya
Uganda
language Teso language
surface form: Ateso language
languageFamily Eastern Nilotic languages
Nilotic languages
surface form: Teso–Turkana languages
livestock cattle
chicken
goats
sheep
majorCrops cassava
maize
millet
sorghum
majorKenyanCounty Bungoma County
Busia County
Trans Nzoia County
majorUgandanDistrict Katakwi District
Kumi District
Ngora District
Soroti
surface form: Soroti District
oralTradition rich folklore and storytelling
primaryRegion eastern Uganda
western Kenya
regionInUganda Teso sub-region
relatedEthnicGroup Karamojong
surface form: Karamojong people

Nyangatom people
Toposa people
Turkana people
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religion
socialOrganization age-set system
subgroupOf Iteso people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Teso peoples
supremeBeingName Akuj
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration
belief in a supreme being
traditionalDance akogo dance
traditionalEconomicActivity cattle herding
crop cultivation
traditionalHousing thatched round huts
traditionalInstrument adeudeu (lyre)
akogo
drums
traditionalLifestyle agro-pastoralism
traditionalMusic akogo thumb piano music

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Referenced by (10)

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

Teso language ethnicGroup Iteso people
Teso language usedBy Iteso people
Iteso people subgroupOf Iteso people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Teso peoples
Ateso spokenBy Iteso people
this entity surface form: Teso people
Ateso ethnicGroup Iteso people
this entity surface form: Teso people
Teso spokenBy Iteso people
Nilotic peoples includesEthnicGroup Iteso people
this entity surface form: Teso people
Lango people neighboringEthnicGroup Iteso people
Eastern Region of Uganda hasEthnicGroup Iteso people
this entity surface form: Iteso
Karamojong relatedGroup Iteso people
this entity surface form: Iteso