Tai Dam people

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Tai people ethnic group

The Tai Dam people are a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, particularly northwestern Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, known for their distinct language, traditional textiles, and rich cultural heritage.

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Tai Dam ethnic group 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Black Tai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tai Khao Bua Ban NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tai Noir NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalHeritage distinct script for Tai Dam language ⓘ
folk music and dance ⓘ
traditional festivals ⓘ
diaspora Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
China NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnonym Tai Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalHomeland Dien Bien region NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwest Vietnam ⓘ
housingStyle stilt houses ⓘ
knownFor distinct clothing styles ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
traditional stilt houses ⓘ
traditional textiles ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
languageFamily Tai–Kadai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameEtymology called Black Tai because of preference for black clothing ⓘ
nativeTo Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableDiasporaEvent resettlement of Tai Dam refugees in the United States after the Vietnam War ⓘ
populationRegion Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryLanguage Tai Dam language NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Upper Mekong region NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Lao people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tai Daeng people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tai Don people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thai people ⓘ
subgroupOf Southwestern Tai peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalDressColor black ⓘ
traditionalEconomy animal husbandry ⓘ
handicrafts ⓘ
wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
spirit worship ⓘ

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

Tai peoples → includesEthnicGroup → Tai Dam people ⓘ
Tai Dam language → spokenBy → Tai Dam people ⓘ
Tai Viet script → usedBy → Tai Dam people ⓘ
Tai Dam language → usedByEthnicGroup → Tai Dam people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tai Dam ethnic group