Kam people

E897895
ethnic group ethnic minority in China indigenous people

The Kam people are an ethnic group in China and Southeast Asia known for their distinct Kam (Dong) language, rich folk music traditions, and intricate wooden architecture.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kam people canonical 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
ethnic minority in China ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dong people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kam Dong ⓘ
country China ⓘ
Laos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
culturalPractice elaborate textile weaving ⓘ
polyphonic folk singing ⓘ
rice terrace cultivation ⓘ
traditional silver jewelry making ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
intangibleCulturalHeritage Kam Grand Choir NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Kam–Sui languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kra–Dai languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCrops corn ⓘ
rapeseed ⓘ
rice ⓘ
sweet potatoes ⓘ
majorityCountry People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage Dong language NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kam language NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationEstimate over 3 million people ⓘ
primaryOccupation agriculture ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by China ⓘ
region Guangxi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guizhou NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hunan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southwest China NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
traditionalArchitecture drum towers ⓘ
wind-and-rain bridges ⓘ
wooden stilt houses ⓘ
traditionalFestival Drum Tower Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Rice Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalHousingMaterial wood ⓘ
traditionalInstrument lusheng NERFINISHED ⓘ
suona NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalMusic Kam Grand Choir NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalSocialStructure village-based clans ⓘ
UNESCOStatus Kam Grand Choir inscribed on UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem Chinese characters (for official use) ⓘ
Latin-based orthography for Kam language ⓘ

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

Kati language → ethnicGroup → Kam people ⓘ
Kam people → hasExonym → Kam people ⓘ
Kam language → primaryEthnicGroup → Kam people ⓘ
Kam–Sui languages → primaryEthnicGroups → Kam people ⓘ