Datooga people

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The Datooga people are an agro-pastoral ethnic group of northern Tanzania known for their cattle herding, distinctive traditional dress and body markings, and use of a Southern Nilotic language.

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Datooga people canonical 4

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf agro-pastoral community
ethnic group
alsoKnownAs Datoga
Tatoga
bodyModification facial scarification
tattoo-like body markings
continent Africa
country Tanzania
countryOfCitizenship Tanzania
culturalTrait age-set system
folk songs
oral poetry
warrior traditions
diet grain porridge
meat
milk
economicActivity agro-pastoralism
ethnolinguisticGroup Southern Nilotic languages
surface form: Southern Nilotes
language Datooga language
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages
Nilotic languages
Southern Nilotic languages
livestock cattle
goats
sheep
locatedIn northern Tanzania
marriagePractice bridewealth in livestock
neighboringGroup Hadza people
Iraqw people
Maasai
surface form: Maasai people
primaryLivelihood agriculture
cattle herding
region Arusha Region
Dodoma Region
Great Rift Valley
Manyara Region
Mara Region
Shinyanga Region
Singida Region
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
selfDesignation Datooga
socialStructure clan-based organization
patrilineal descent
subsistence millet cultivation
sorghum cultivation
traditionalDress beaded ornaments
distinctive leather garments
traditionalHousing circular huts
thatched roofs

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

Omotik–Datooga languages spokenBy Datooga people
Datooga spokenBy Datooga people
Datooga ethnicGroupAssociated Datooga people