Nanai people

E1000401

The Nanai people are an indigenous Tungusic ethnic group of the Russian Far East and northeastern China, traditionally living along the Amur River and known for their fishing, hunting, and rich shamanic and folklore traditions.

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Nanai people canonical 12

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
alsoKnownAs Goldi
Hezhe (in China)
autonym Nanai
country China
Russia
ethnographicGroupOf Tungusic peoples
hasCulturalPractice bear cult elements
folklore storytelling
oral epic tradition
shamanic rituals
language Nanai language
languageFamily Tungusic languages
nativeTo Russian Far East
linked to: Russia Far East

northeastern China
populationCenter Heilongjiang Province
linked to: Heilongjiang

Khabarovsk Krai
Primorsky Krai
recognizedAs indigenous small-numbered people of the North, Siberia and the Far East of Russia
relatedEthnicGroup Evenki people
Oroch people
Udege people
Ulch people
religion Buddhism
Russian Orthodoxy
shamanism
subgroupOf Amur Tungusic peoples
linked to: Tungusic peoples
traditionalClothingMaterial fish skin
fur
traditionalCraft birch bark work
embroidery
fish-skin clothing
wood carving
traditionalEconomy fishing
gathering
hunting
trapping
traditionalFoodSource salmon
sturgeon
traditionalHousing semi-subterranean dwellings
wooden houses
traditionalReligion ancestor worship
animism
traditionalTerritory Amur River basin
Lower Amur River
Sungari River region
Ussuri River region
linked to: Southwest Primorye
writingSystem Cyrillic script
Latin script (historically and in some contexts)

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

Nanai language spokenBy Nanai people
Hezhen language ethnicGroup Nanai people
Udege people relatedEthnicGroup Nanai people
Ulchsky District hasIndigenousGroup Nanai people
Nanaysky District namedAfter Nanai people
Nanaysky District hasEthnicGroup Nanai people
Bikin River traditionalTerritoryOf Nanai people
Lower Amur Nanai hasEthnicGroup Nanai people
Ulch people relatedEthnicGroup Nanai people
Hezhen people relatedEthnicGroup Nanai people
Hezhenyu spokenBy Nanai people