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.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Quechua people canonical 42
Quechua peoples 12
Quechua culture 3

How this entity was disambiguated

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

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Referenced by (60)

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

Maras District hasIndigenousCulture Quechua people
this entity surface form: Quechua culture
Azángaro Province hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
Manco Kapac Province hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
Indigenous peoples of the Andes majorEthnicGroup Quechua people
this entity surface form: Quechua peoples
Aymara people neighboringEthnicGroup Quechua people
Island of the Sun inhabitedBy Quechua people
Los Andes Province hasEthnicGroup Quechua people
Murillo Province containsEthnicGroup Quechua people