Bayei people
E373318
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bayei people canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.