Yakan people

E251472
ethnic group indigenous people

The Yakan people are an indigenous ethnolinguistic group of the southern Philippines, known for their vibrant weaving traditions, distinct culture, and predominantly Muslim faith.

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Label Occurrences
Yakan people canonical 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus recognized indigenous cultural community in the Philippines ⓘ
culturalRegion Moro homeland ⓘ
ethnographicRegion Mindanao ⓘ
Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
ethnologueCode yka ⓘ
knownFor colorful textiles ⓘ
geometric textile patterns ⓘ
handwoven cloth ⓘ
vibrant weaving traditions ⓘ
language Yakan language ⓘ
languageBranch Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
nativeTo Basilan Island ⓘ
populationCountry Philippines ⓘ
primaryLocation Basilan Island ⓘ
Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
Zamboanga Peninsula ⓘ
region southern Philippines ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Moro people ⓘ
Sama-Bajau peoples ⓘ
surface form: Sama-Bajau people

Tausug people ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousLawInfluence Islamic law ⓘ
religiousPractice Islamic festivals ⓘ
mosque worship ⓘ
subsistenceActivity abaca cultivation ⓘ
coconut farming ⓘ
farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
wet-rice cultivation ⓘ
traditionalClothing badju (tunic) ⓘ
sawal (trousers) ⓘ
seputangan headscarf ⓘ
woven wrap skirts ⓘ
traditionalCraft textile dyeing ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalDance courtship dances ⓘ
traditionalHouseType stilt house ⓘ
traditionalInstrument agung gongs ⓘ
traditionalMusic gabbang (bamboo xylophone) ⓘ
kulintangan ensemble ⓘ
traditionalReligion indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
traditionalWritingSystem Arabic alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Arabic script
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Zamboanga Peninsula → ethnicGroup → Yakan people ⓘ
Yakan → spokenBy → Yakan people ⓘ
Yakan → ethnicity → Yakan people ⓘ
Moro people → ethnicSubdivision → Yakan people ⓘ
Moro Province → hasEthnicGroup → Yakan people ⓘ