Meru people

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The Meru people are a Bantu ethnic group of central Kenya whose identity, traditions, and spiritual life are closely tied to the landscapes and sacred sites around Mount Kenya.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Meru people canonical 2
Mount Kenya peoples 1

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Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
alsoKnownAs Ameru
cashCrops coffee
miraa
tea
colonialHistory came under British colonial rule
continent Africa
country Kenya
culturalPractice circumcision ceremonies
harvest festivals
initiation rites
traditional music and dance
ethnicGroupOf Kenya
language Kimeru
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
locatedIn central Kenya
neighboringEthnicGroups Embu people NERFINISHED
Kamba people
Kikuyu people
Somali people
oralTradition migration narratives
origin myths linked to Mount Kenya
postColonialStatus citizens of Kenya
region Meru County
Tharaka-Nithi County
eastern slopes of Mount Kenya
religion African traditional religion
Christianity
sacredGeography Mount Kenya
sacred sites around Mount Kenya
subgroup Chuka
Igembe
Imenti
Muthambi
Kimeru
surface form: Mwimbi

Tharaka
Tigania
traditionalClothing beadwork
leather garments
traditionalCrops bananas
beans
millet
sorghum
yams
traditionalEconomy agriculture
livestock keeping
traditionalHousing thatched huts
traditionalLaw customary law
traditionalLeadership council of elders
traditionalReligion ancestor veneration
belief in a supreme being called Murungu
sacred groves and sites
traditionalSocialOrganization age-set system

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

Embu language belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup Meru people
this entity surface form: Mount Kenya peoples
Meru language spokenBy Meru people