Mansi

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The Mansi are an Indigenous Uralic-speaking people of northwestern Siberia, traditionally living along the Ob River basin and known for reindeer herding, hunting, and a rich shamanistic culture.

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Sosva Mansi 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Uralic-speaking people
colonialHistory incorporated into Russian Empire
country Russia
culturalHeritage oral epic tradition
shamanic rituals
environment subarctic climate
taiga
ethnicGroupOf Russia NERFINISHED
governedWithin Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra NERFINISHED
languageFamily Uralic languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus endangered
linguisticBranch Ugric
linguisticRelation closely related to Khanty language
distantly related to Hungarian language
mythologyFeatures animal spirits
nature spirits
nativeTo Ob River basin NERFINISHED
northwestern Siberia NERFINISHED
populationTrend declining
primaryRegion Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug NERFINISHED
Sverdlovsk Oblast NERFINISHED
Tyumen Oblast NERFINISHED
recognizedAs Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation
relatedEthnicallyTo Hungarians NERFINISHED
Khanty NERFINISHED
religiousChange partially Christianized
speaks Mansi language NERFINISHED
traditionalArt ornamented clothing
wood carving
traditionalClothingMaterial fur
reindeer hide
traditionalCulture shamanism
traditionalDwelling chum
conical tent
traditionalEconomy fur trade
traditionalMusic drum-based rituals
epic songs
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism
traditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
reindeer herding
traditionalTransport reindeer sled
ski
usesScript Cyrillic script NERFINISHED

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