Bayei people

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The Bayei people are an indigenous ethnic group of northern Botswana known for their traditional fishing, mokoro (dugout canoe) navigation, and close cultural and economic ties to the Okavango Delta wetlands.

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Bayei people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
associatedWith Okavango Delta
continent Africa
country Botswana
Namibia
Zambia
culturalLandscape Okavango Delta
culturalTiesTo Okavango Delta
surface form: Okavango Delta wetlands
economicTiesTo Okavango Delta
surface form: Okavango Delta wetlands
environment river channels
seasonal floodplains
wetlands
ethnogenesisRegion Okavango Delta
surface form: Okavango–Kwando–Zambezi area
knownFor expertise in poling mokoro canoes
knowledge of Okavango Delta waterways
languageFamily Bantu languages
livelihoodDependenceOn aquatic resources
seasonal flooding
mokoroType dugout canoe
primaryRegion northern Botswana
recognizedAs indigenous community of the Okavango Delta
region Southern Africa
relatedGroup Basubiya
Tswana people
surface form: Batswana

Hambukushu
religion African traditional religion
Christianity
settlementArea Okavango Delta
surface form: Okavango Delta floodplains
subsistenceActivity cattle herding
floodplain agriculture
hunting
traditionalActivity fishing
mokoro navigation
traditionalEconomy fishing-based livelihoods
riverine resources
traditionalMaterialCulture dugout canoes
fishing gear
transportTechnology pole-propelled canoes
uses mokoro

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Okavango Delta supportsCommunity Bayei people