Idu Mishmi people

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The Idu Mishmi people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic group of Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India, known for their distinct language, shamanic traditions, and close cultural ties to the Dibang Valley region.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Idu Mishmi people canonical 5
Idu Mishmi tribe 2
Digaru Mishmi people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
alsoKnownAs Chulikata Mishmi
associatedRiver Dibang River
Lohit River
borderRegion India–China border
country India
culture ancestor worship
elaborate funeral rites
ritual chanting
sacrificial rituals
shamanic traditions
endonym Idu
ethnicGroupOf Arunachal Pradesh
India
Northeast India
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent
language Idu Mishmi language
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
Tibeto-Burman languages
locatedIn Anjaw district
Arunachal Pradesh
Dibang Valley
Lohit district
Lower Dibang Valley district
Northeast India
Upper Dibang Valley district
neighboringGroups Adi people
Idu Mishmi people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Digaru Mishmi people

Miju Mishmi people
Tibetan people
surface form: Tibetans
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India
region Dibang Valley
surface form: Dibang Valley region

Eastern Himalayas
religion Christianity
Hinduism
animism
shamanism
scheduledTribeStatus Arunachal Pradesh
socialStructure clan-based society
traditionalDressFeature distinctive hair style and ornaments
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture
traditionalHousing bamboo and timber houses
stilt houses
traditionalOccupation animal husbandry
fishing
hunting
shifting cultivation
traditionalReligion Idu shamanic belief system
usesScript Devanagari script
Latin script

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Referenced by (8)

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

Dibang River associatedWith Idu Mishmi people
Reh celebratedBy Idu Mishmi people
this entity surface form: Idu Mishmi tribe
Reh isMajorFestivalFor Idu Mishmi people
this entity surface form: Idu Mishmi tribe
Idu Mishmi people neighboringGroups Idu Mishmi people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Digaru Mishmi people
Idu Mishmi language area inhabitedBy Idu Mishmi people
Idu Mishmi language area ethnicGroup Idu Mishmi people
Idu Mishmi language area associatedPeople Idu Mishmi people
Idu Mishmi language area spokenBy Idu Mishmi people