Reang community

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Scheduled Tribe of India ethnic group in Northeast India indigenous ethnic group

The Reang community is an indigenous ethnic group of Northeast India, primarily inhabiting Tripura and neighboring regions, known for its distinct language, cultural traditions, and festivals.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Bru community 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scheduled Tribe of India ⓘ
ethnic group in Northeast India ⓘ
indigenous ethnic group ⓘ
affectedBy displacement in Mizoram ⓘ
refugee camps in Tripura ⓘ
alternativeName Bru NERFINISHED ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalHeritage folk tales ⓘ
indigenous rituals ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
culturalTrait distinct folk dances ⓘ
distinct folk music ⓘ
traditional bamboo crafts ⓘ
traditional handloom weaving ⓘ
danceForm Hojagiri dance NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman-speaking peoples of Northeast India ⓘ
festival Hojagiri festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy traditional village council ⓘ
governedUnder Sixth Schedule areas (partly, via tribal areas in Northeast India) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIssue access to education ⓘ
land rights concerns ⓘ
socio-economic marginalization ⓘ
language Reang language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationStatus minority group in Tripura ⓘ
one of the larger tribes of Tripura ⓘ
primaryRegion Tripura NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in Mizoram ⓘ
Scheduled Tribe in Tripura ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Government of Tripura NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Assam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bangladesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mizoram NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
subjectOf Bru–Reang resettlement agreements NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalDress kamchwlwi borok (men’s cloth) ⓘ
rignai (women’s lower garment) NERFINISHED ⓘ
risa (women’s upper cloth) ⓘ
traditionalOccupation hunting and gathering ⓘ
jhum cultivation ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalReligion Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ
animism ⓘ
usesScript primarily oral, no widely used native script ⓘ

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

Reang language → associatedWith → Reang community ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bru community
Garia Puja → observedBy → Reang community ⓘ
Reang language → spokenBy → Reang community ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bru community