Dimasa people

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The Dimasa people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman ethnic community of Northeast India, primarily associated with Assam and known for their distinct language, culture, and historical Dimasa kingdom.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Dimasa people canonical 29
Dimasa people of Assam 1
Kachari people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tibeto-Burman ethnic group
ethnic group
indigenous people
clanSystem patrilineal clans
country India
ethnicGroupOf Assam
India
Northeast India
governingBody Dimasa apex bodies and councils
hasHistoricalKingdom Dimasa Kingdom
Dimasa Kingdom
surface form: Kachari Kingdom
historicalRegion Cachar district
surface form: Cachar region

Dima Hasao district
North Cachar Hills
parts of present-day Assam
language Dimasa language
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
Tibeto-Burman languages
nativeTo Assam
Nagaland
populationRegion Cachar district
surface form: Cachar district of Assam

Dima Hasao district of Assam
Karbi Anglong district of Assam
primaryState Assam
Nagaland
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in Assam
Scheduled Tribe in India
Scheduled Tribe in Nagaland
relatedEthnicGroup Bodo people
Dimasa people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kachari people

other Bodo-Kachari groups
religion Christianity
Hinduism
indigenous animist beliefs
socialStructure clan-based society
traditionalDance Baidima
traditionalDress Rigu (women's lower garment)
Risha (upper cloth)
Sgaopha (men's headgear)
traditionalFestival Bushu Dima
Hojai Bushu
traditionalInstrument Dhol
surface form: Khram (drum)

Muri (flute)
traditionalMusic folk songs accompanied by traditional drums
traditionalOccupation agriculture
shifting cultivation
wet rice cultivation
traditionalReligion Dimalik
usesScript Bengali script
surface form: Assamese script

Latin script

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Referenced by (32)

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

Assam ethnicGroup Dimasa people
Assamese people relatedEthnicGroup Dimasa people
Karbi people relatedEthnicGroup Dimasa people
this entity surface form: Kuki people
Dimasa people relatedEthnicGroup Dimasa people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kachari people
Dimasa language primaryEthnicGroup Dimasa people
Baidima performedBy Dimasa people
Bushu Dima celebratedBy Dimasa people
Bushu Dima hasCulturalSignificanceFor Dimasa people
Muri (flute) usedBy Dimasa people
Muri (flute) ethnicGroupContext Dimasa people
Rigu (women's lower garment) associatedWithEthnicGroup Dimasa people
subject surface form: Rigu
Sgaopha (men's headgear) usedBy Dimasa people
subject surface form: Sgaopha
Sgaopha (men's headgear) associatedWithEthnicGroup Dimasa people
subject surface form: Sgaopha
Sgaopha (men's headgear) hasCulturalSignificanceFor Dimasa people
subject surface form: Sgaopha
Dima Hasao district of Assam hasSignificantPopulation Dimasa people
subject surface form: Dima Hasao district
Dima Hasao district of Assam hasTribalCommunities Dimasa people
subject surface form: Dima Hasao district
Dimalik follows Dimasa people
Dimalik practicedBy Dimasa people
Dimalik associatedWithEthnicGroup Dimasa people
Dimalik religiousTraditionOf Dimasa people
Dimalik religiousSystemOf Dimasa people
Dimasa Kingdom ethnicGroup Dimasa people
Dimasa Kingdom rulingEthnicity Dimasa people
Dimasa Kingdom ethnicSuccessor Dimasa people
this entity surface form: Dimasa people of Assam
Hojai Bushu celebratedBy Dimasa people
North Cachar Hills hasEthnicGroup Dimasa people
Karbi Anglong district of Assam majorEthnicGroup Dimasa people
subject surface form: Karbi Anglong district
Dimasa spokenBy Dimasa people
Dimasa ethnicGroupAssociated Dimasa people