Ronga people

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The Ronga people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of southern Mozambique, closely related to the Tsonga, with distinct cultural traditions and language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
closelyRelatedTo Tsonga people NERFINISHED
coastalPresence Indian Ocean coast of Mozambique
colonialHistory Portuguese Mozambique NERFINISHED
continent Africa
country Mozambique NERFINISHED
culturalRegion Southern Africa NERFINISHED
ethnicity Ronga NERFINISHED
ethnolinguisticGroup Tsonga–Ronga NERFINISHED
historicalInteraction Nguni groups NERFINISHED
Portuguese colonists
kinshipSystem clan-based
language Ronga language NERFINISHED
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
linguisticRelation Changana language NERFINISHED
Tsonga language NERFINISHED
livelihood labor migration
small-scale farming
macroEthnicCategory Tsonga peoples NERFINISHED
marriageCustom bridewealth
neighboringGroup Changana people NERFINISHED
Tsonga people NERFINISHED
Zulu people NERFINISHED
oralTradition folktales
praise poetry
proverbs
primaryRegion southern Mozambique
region Limpopo River basin NERFINISHED
Maputo Province NERFINISHED
religion African traditional religion NERFINISHED
Christianity
socialStructure patrilineal
traditionalCraft basketry
pottery
wood carving
traditionalDance communal dance
traditionalHousing thatched huts
traditionalMusic call-and-response singing
drumming
traditionalReligionElement ancestor veneration
spirit possession beliefs
traditionalSubsistence agriculture
animal husbandry
fishing
urbanCenter Maputo NERFINISHED
Matola NERFINISHED

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Ronga usedByEthnicGroup Ronga people