Mishing

E644995
Scheduled Tribe ethnic group

Mishing refers to the Mising (Miri) people, an indigenous ethnic group primarily inhabiting Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language and rich riverine culture.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Mising 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scheduled Tribe ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
clanSystem patrilineal clans ⓘ
country India ⓘ
cultureType riverine culture ⓘ
dwellingLocation river banks ⓘ
dwellingType stilt houses ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf India NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tani peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody Mising Autonomous Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Miri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mising NERFINISHED ⓘ
inhabits Brahmaputra Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Mising language ⓘ
languageBranch Tani languages ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
marriageRule clan exogamy ⓘ
musicInstrument cymbals ⓘ
drums ⓘ
flutes ⓘ
oralTradition rich folklore ⓘ
politicalDemand greater autonomy in Assam ⓘ
populationRegion North bank of Brahmaputra ⓘ
Upper Assam NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion Arunachal Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Assam NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in Assam ⓘ
region Northeast India ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Adi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Apatani people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nyishi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
traditionalBelief sun and moon worship (Donyi and Polo) ⓘ
traditionalDance Mishing folk dance ⓘ
traditionalDress Ege (women’s wrap skirt) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gasor (men’s wrap) ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalFestival Ali-Aye-Ligang NERFINISHED ⓘ
Po:rag ⓘ
traditionalMusic Bihu-like folk music ⓘ
traditionalOccupation fishing ⓘ
riverine agriculture ⓘ
wet rice cultivation ⓘ
traditionalReligion Donyi-Polo NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesScript Assamese script ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Miri → alsoKnownAs → Mishing ⓘ
Upper Assam → hasEthnicGroup → Mishing ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mising
Lakhimpur district → hasSpokenLanguage → Mishing ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mising
Majuli Island → language → Mishing ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mising