Portuguese Burgher

E861553
Eurasian community ethnic group

Portuguese Burghers are a Eurasian ethnic community in Sri Lanka descended primarily from Portuguese colonists and local populations, known for their distinct Catholic heritage and creole cultural traditions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Portuguese Burghers 1
Portuguese Eurasians 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eurasian community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ancestralLanguage Portuguese language ⓘ
colonialContext Portuguese rule in Sri Lanka (1505–1658) ⓘ
colonialPowerOfOrigin Kingdom of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
cuisineSpecialty bol fiado ⓘ
breudher ⓘ
love cake ⓘ
culturalHeritage Catholic traditions ⓘ
Portuguese-influenced cuisine ⓘ
Portuguese-influenced dance ⓘ
Portuguese-influenced music ⓘ
creole cultural traditions ⓘ
diaspora Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ethnicMinorityIn Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Portuguese people ⓘ
Sinhalese people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sri Lankan Tamils NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sri Lankan people ⓘ
hasCreoleIdentity true ⓘ
heritageStatus distinct sub-group within Sri Lankan Burghers ⓘ
historicalPeriod Portuguese Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStatus Luso-descendant community ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sri Lankan Portuguese Creole NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
originatedFrom intermarriage between Portuguese colonists and local Sri Lankan populations ⓘ
partOf Burgher community of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Negombo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedGroup Burgher people ⓘ
Dutch Burgher NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eurasians in Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousMinorityIn Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousPractice veneration of Catholic saints ⓘ
selfIdentification Luso-Sri Lankan ⓘ
traditionalReligion Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Dutch Burgher → relatedGroup → Portuguese Burgher ⓘ
Portuguese Settlement → ethnicCommunity → Portuguese Burgher ⓘ
this entity surface form: Portuguese Eurasians
Burghers (Sri Lanka) → subgroup → Portuguese Burgher ⓘ
this entity surface form: Portuguese Burghers