Bribri

E162018

The Bribri are an Indigenous people of southern Costa Rica and northern Panama known for their Chibchan language, matrilineal social structure, and rich rainforest-based cultural traditions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bribri people 6
Bribri language 4
Bribri canonical 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
ethnic group
cosmology based on Sibö (Sibu) creator deity
country Costa Rica
Panama
culturalArea Central America
culturalTraditions cacao ceremonies
oral tradition
rainforest-based knowledge
shamanism
economy small-scale agriculture and cacao production
ethnicGroupOf Costa Rica
Panama
facesIssue environmental threats to rainforest
land rights conflicts
hasEndangeredLanguage Bribri self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bribri language
kinshipSystem matrilineal descent
knowledgeSystem traditional ecological knowledge
languageFamily Chibchan languages
locatedIn northern Panama
southern Costa Rica
partOf Chibchan cultural area
populationCenter Talamanca Indigenous Territory
surface form: Cabagra Indigenous Territory

Talamanca Indigenous Territory
surface form: Kekoldi Indigenous Territory

Salitre Indigenous Territory
Talamanca Indigenous Territory
primaryHabitat tropical rainforest
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleBy Government of Costa Rica
surface form: Costa Rican government

Government of Panama
surface form: Panamanian government
region Bocas del Toro Province
surface form: Bocas del Toro region

Caribbean coast of Costa Rica
surface form: Caribbean slope of Costa Rica

Talamanca mountain range
surface form: Talamanca Mountains
relatedEthnicGroup Buglé
Cabécar
Ngäbe
religion Bribri traditional religion
socialStructure matrilineal
speaks Bribri self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bribri language
traditionalAuthority awa (shaman) leaders
traditionalCrop cacao
maize
plantain
traditionalHousing conical thatched houses
traditionalSubsistence agriculture
fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Talamanca region
usesLanguageScript Latin alphabet

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

Chibchan languages languageFamilyOf Bribri
this entity surface form: Bribri language
Cabécar relatedGroups Bribri
this entity surface form: Bribri people
Diquís culture associatedWith Bribri
this entity surface form: Bribri people
Bribri speaks Bribri self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bribri language
Bribri hasEndangeredLanguage Bribri self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bribri language
Chibchan peoples hasPart Bribri
this entity surface form: Bribri people
Indigenous people of Costa Rica hasEthnicGroup Bribri
this entity surface form: Bribri people
Indigenous people of Costa Rica language Bribri
this entity surface form: Bribri language
Bocas del Toro Province hasEthnicGroup Bribri
this entity surface form: Bribri people
Ngäbe-Buglé people neighboringGroup Bribri
this entity surface form: Bribri people