Ngalop

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Ngalop are the dominant ethnic group of Bhutan, traditionally associated with Tibetan Buddhist culture, Dzongkha language, and the country’s political and religious institutions.


Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
social group
associatedWith Bhutanese royal family
surface form: Bhutanese monarchy

Bhutanese political institutions
Bhutanese religious institutions
Drukpa Kagyu Buddhism
surface form: Drukpa Kagyu school of Buddhism

Dzong architecture
Tibetan Buddhist culture
dzong system
citizenshipContext core group in formation of modern Bhutanese citizenship policies
continent Asia
country Bhutan
culture Bhutanese culture
dominantIn central Bhutan
western Bhutan
ethnicGroupOf Bhutan
ethnonymMeaning earlier risers
first risen people
hasSubgroup various regional Ngalop communities
historicalOrigin Tibetan migrants to Bhutan
influenced Bhutanese administrative system
Bhutanese architecture
Bhutanese art
Bhutanese festivals
Bhutanese legal system
Bhutanese national identity
language Dzongkha
linkedTo Drukpa Kagyu Buddhism
surface form: Drukpa lineage

Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal’s state-building
nationalLanguageRole Dzongkha as national language of Bhutan
partOf Bhutanese people
politicalDominance historically dominant in Bhutanese state formation
populationStatus one of the largest ethnic groups in Bhutan
practices cham dance
monastic Buddhism
primaryLanguage Dzongkha
region Himalayas
religion Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
Vajrayana
surface form: Vajrayana Buddhism
religiousInstitutionRole providers of monastic leadership in Bhutan
traditionalDress gho
kira
traditionalLanguageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages
traditionalReligion Buddhism
usesScript Tibetan script
surface form: Dzongkha script

Tibetan script

Referenced by (1)

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

Bhutan primaryEthnicGroup Ngalop