Mishing people

E30592
ethnic group indigenous people

The Mishing people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman–speaking community of the Brahmaputra Valley known for their riverine settlements, agriculture, and rich folk music and dance traditions.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
Mising people 0 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group →
indigenous people →
agriculturalPractice jhum cultivation →
wet rice cultivation →
alsoKnownAs Miri →
associatedRiver Brahmaputra →
surface form: Brahmaputra River
country India →
culturalIdentity riverine agrarian community →
culturalPractice community festivals →
rice beer brewing →
culturalRegion Northeast India →
danceTradition folk dances →
ethnicGroupOf India →
ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman-speaking people →
foodStaple rice →
geographicEnvironment floodplains →
river islands →
heritageStatus indigenous community of Assam →
knownFor folk dance →
folk music →
riverine culture →
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages →
linguisticBranch Tani languages →
linguisticStatus minority language community in India →
musicTradition folk songs →
primaryLanguage Mishing language →
primaryRegion Assam →
Brahmaputra Valley →
primaryState Assam →
religion Hinduism →
animism →
secondaryState Arunachal Pradesh →
socialStructure clan-based society →
traditionalDressMaterial handwoven textiles →
traditionalEconomy subsistence farming →
traditionalHousing stilt houses →
traditionalHousingMaterial bamboo →
thatch →
traditionalInstrument drums →
flutes →
traditionalOccupation agriculture →
fishing →
traditionalReligion Donyi-Polo worship →
traditionalSettlementType riverine settlements →
weavingTradition handloom weaving →

Referenced by (2)

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

Assam → ethnicGroup → Mishing people →
Assamese people → relatedEthnicGroup → Mishing people →
this entity surface form: Mising people