Quechua people

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The Quechua people are an Indigenous ethnic group of the Andes, descendants of the Inca, known for their Quechua language, highland agriculture, and rich textile and musical traditions.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form As subject As object
Quechua peoples 0 3
Andean Peruvian 0 1
Quechua communities 0 1
Quechua culture 0 1
Quechua cultures 0 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
ethnic group
agriculturalTechnique irrigation canals
terrace farming
ancestry Inca Empire
continent South America
country Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
culturalPractice ayni reciprocity
communal labor
culturalRegion Andes
surface form: Central Andes

Andes
surface form: Southern Andes
deity Inti
Pachamama
ethnicity Quechua
festival Inti Raymi
Qoyllur Rit'i
historicalLanguageOfEmpire Inca Empire
language Quechua
surface form: Quechua language
languageFamily Quechuan language family
surface form: Quechuan languages
mythology Andean cosmology
populationStatus largest Indigenous group in South America
primaryRegion Andes
recognizedAs Indigenous peoples in Bolivia
Indigenous peoples in Ecuador
Indigenous peoples in Peru
religion Andean indigenous religion
Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
traditionalClothing chullo hat
pollera skirt
poncho
traditionalCraft backstrap loom weaving
textile weaving
traditionalCrop maize
potato
quinoa
traditionalEconomy highland agriculture
traditionalHousing adobe houses
traditionalInstrument charango
quena
zampoña
traditionalLivestock alpaca
llama
traditionalMusic panpipe music
writingSystem Latin alphabet

Referenced by (17)

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

this entity surface form: Quechua communities
Amantaní Island ethnicGroup Quechua people
Huancavelica Region ethnicGroup Quechua people
Isla del Sol ethnicGroup Quechua people
Runasimi ethnolinguisticGroup Quechua people
this entity surface form: Quechua peoples
Wiphala hasCulturalOrigin Quechua people
this entity surface form: Quechua culture
Dina Boluarte hasEthnicBackground Quechua people
this entity surface form: Andean Peruvian
Calca hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
Chinchero hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
northwestern Argentina hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
subject surface form: Northwestern Argentina
this entity surface form: Quechua peoples
Taquile Island hasIndigenousCommunity Quechua people
Andes cultural area includesCulture Quechua people
this entity surface form: Quechua cultures
Altiplano plateau inhabitedBy Quechua people
Kichwa people relatedEthnicGroup Quechua people
Runashimi spokenBy Quechua people
this entity surface form: Quechua peoples
Wiphala usedBy Quechua people