Dimasa culture

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Dimasa culture is the traditional way of life, customs, and artistic heritage of the Dimasa people, an indigenous community primarily inhabiting parts of Assam and Nagaland in Northeast India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf culture
ethnic culture
intangible cultural heritage
associatedWithCountry India NERFINISHED
associatedWithRegion Assam NERFINISHED
Nagaland NERFINISHED
Northeast India NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Dimasa NERFINISHED
hasClanType patrilineal clans
hasCuisine bamboo shoot dishes
fermented fish dishes
rice-based dishes
smoked meat dishes
hasFestival Bisu Dima NERFINISHED
Bushu (harvest festival) NERFINISHED
Bushu Dima NERFINISHED
Hojai Bushu NERFINISHED
hasOralTradition folktales
legends
myths
ritual chants
hasRitual agricultural rituals
ancestor worship rituals
fertility rituals
hasSocialStructure clan system
hasTraditionalArchitecture bamboo houses
stilt houses
hasTraditionalCraft bamboo craft
basketry
handloom weaving
wood carving
hasTraditionalDance Baidima dance NERFINISHED
Jidab dance NERFINISHED
Maidu dance NERFINISHED
hasTraditionalDress Rigu (women’s lower garment) NERFINISHED
Risha (breast cloth) NERFINISHED
Sgaijik (men’s cloth)
Sgaopha (men’s headgear) NERFINISHED
hasTraditionalInstitution village council
hasTraditionalInstrument Khram (drum)
Muri (flute) NERFINISHED
string instruments
hasTraditionalMusic folk songs
ritual songs
historicallyLinkedTo Dimasa Kingdom NERFINISHED
Kachari Kingdom NERFINISHED
influencedBy neighboring Assamese culture
other Naga and hill tribes
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED
languageUsed Dimasa language NERFINISHED
practicedBy Dimasa people NERFINISHED
preservedThrough community festivals
traditional education within families
religionPracticed Bathouism-related practices
Hinduism NERFINISHED
indigenous animist beliefs
threatenedBy language shift
modernization
urbanization

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Hojai Bushu hasCulturalContext Dimasa culture
Rigu (women's lower garment) originCulture Dimasa culture
subject surface form: Rigu