Idoma people

E67337

ethnic group

The Idoma people are an ethnic group primarily located in Nigeria’s Benue State and surrounding Middle Belt areas, known for their rich oral traditions, distinctive red-and-black cultural attire, and vibrant masquerade and festival practices.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Idoma people canonical	33
Orureshi (among Idoma)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic group ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Nigeria ⓘ
culturalHeritageType	intangible cultural heritage ⓘ
culturalPractice	festival celebrations ⓘ folktales ⓘ masquerade traditions ⓘ oral storytelling ⓘ praise poetry ⓘ
culturalSymbol	age-grade associations ⓘ ancestral masquerades ⓘ red-and-black cloth ⓘ
governedWithin	Benue South Senatorial District ⓘ
hasOralTradition	epic narratives ⓘ proverbs ⓘ ritual chants ⓘ
language	Idoma language ⓘ
languageFamily	Idoma subgroup of Volta–Niger languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
locality	Ado ⓘ Agatu ⓘ Apa ⓘ Obi ⓘ Ogbadibo ⓘ Ohimini ⓘ Oju ⓘ Okpokwu ⓘ Otukpo ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroup	Igala people ⓘ Igbo people ⓘ Tiv people ⓘ
notableTown	Otukpo ⓘ
politicalEntityWithin	Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
primaryLocation	Benue State ⓘ
region	Middle Belt ⓘ surface form: Middle Belt Nigeria
religion	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ traditional African religion ⓘ
state	Benue State ⓘ
subregion	West Africa ⓘ
traditionalAttireColor	black ⓘ red ⓘ
traditionalOccupation	farming ⓘ hunting ⓘ trading ⓘ
usesWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

Middle Belt → ethnicDiversityIncludes → Idoma people ⓘ

New Yam Festival → hasAlternativeName → Idoma people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orureshi (among Idoma)

Tiv people → neighboringEthnicGroups → Idoma people ⓘ

Central Nigeria → ethnicDiversity → Idoma people ⓘ

2Baba → ethnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Idoma language → spokenBy → Idoma people ⓘ

Idomoid languages → areSpokenBy → Idoma people ⓘ

New Yam Festival → celebratedBy → Idoma people ⓘ

Alago people → neighboringGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Igede people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Middle Belt peoples of Nigeria → includesEthnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Otukpo → ethnicCulturalCenterOf → Idoma people ⓘ

Ogbadibo → majorEthnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Ogbadibo → ethnicMajority → Idoma people ⓘ

Okpokwu → ethnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Okpokwu → predominantEthnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Ado → inhabitedBy → Idoma people ⓘ

Ado → ethnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Ado → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Ohimini → inhabitedBy → Idoma people ⓘ

Ohimini → ethnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Apa → inhabitedBy → Idoma people ⓘ

Apa → ethnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Apa → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Obi → inhabitedBy → Idoma people ⓘ

Obi → ethnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Obi → traditionalAssociation → Idoma people ⓘ

Oju → inhabitedBy → Idoma people ⓘ

Oju → traditionalInhabitants → Idoma people ⓘ

Benue South Senatorial District → representsEthnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Benue South Senatorial District → predominantEthnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

Agatu → traditionalInhabitants → Idoma people ⓘ

Kwararafa confederacy → ethnicGroup → Idoma people ⓘ

North Central Nigeria → hasEthnolinguisticGroup → Idoma people ⓘ