Mbuti

E571652

ethnic group pygmy people

The Mbuti are an Indigenous pygmy people of the Ituri Forest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known for their hunter-gatherer lifestyle and rich forest-centered culture.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mbuti people	2
Batwa people	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ pygmy people ⓘ
associatedForest	Congo Basin rainforest NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedGroup	Asua NERFINISHED ⓘ Efe NERFINISHED ⓘ Sua (Mbuti-Sua) NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralCulturalConcept	forest as parent ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
culturalFeature	collective decision-making ⓘ strong sharing norms ⓘ
dwellingType	leaf huts ⓘ temporary shelters ⓘ
economyRelation	trade with neighboring agriculturalists ⓘ
instrument	drums ⓘ musical bows ⓘ
kinshipSystem	bilateral descent ⓘ
languageFamily	Central Sudanic NERFINISHED ⓘ Nilo-Saharan NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageType	Bantu-based pidgins and creoles (for some groups) ⓘ
lifestyle	hunter-gatherer ⓘ
marriagePattern	exogamy with neighboring villagers ⓘ
molimoPurpose	to restore harmony with the forest ⓘ
musicTradition	polyphonic singing ⓘ yodeling ⓘ
populationStatus	small-scale society ⓘ
primaryHabitat	Ituri Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
receivedGoods	cultivated foods ⓘ iron tools ⓘ
region	Central Africa ⓘ
religion	animism ⓘ forest-centered belief system ⓘ
ritual	molimo ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ
socialOrganization	band society ⓘ egalitarian ⓘ
speaks	Efe language ⓘ Kango language (in some groups) ⓘ Sua language NERFINISHED ⓘ
subsistence	fishing ⓘ gathering ⓘ hunting ⓘ trapping ⓘ
threat	armed conflict in eastern DRC ⓘ deforestation ⓘ encroachment by logging and mining interests ⓘ
tradedGoods	forest products ⓘ meat ⓘ
uses	bows and arrows ⓘ net hunting ⓘ spears ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Twa → relatedGroup → Mbuti ⓘ

Colin Turnbull → ethnographicFocus → Mbuti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mbuti people

Pygmy peoples → subgroup → Mbuti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mbuti people

Pygmy peoples → subgroup → Mbuti ⓘ

this entity surface form: Batwa people