Mutwa community

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The Mutwa community is a Muslim pastoral and artisan group of the Kutch region, known for its distinctive embroidery, nomadic heritage, and cultural traditions in the Rann of Kutch.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mutwa community canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim community ⓘ
artisan community ⓘ
pastoral community ⓘ
social group ⓘ
artForm Mutwa embroidery ⓘ
appliqué work ⓘ
mirror work ⓘ
associatedWith Muslim artisan groups of Kutch ⓘ
Rann of Kutch crafts ⓘ
pastoral communities of Kutch ⓘ
clanStructure organized into kin-based groups ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice embellished textiles ⓘ
nomadic or semi-nomadic migration patterns ⓘ
traditional dress with heavy embroidery ⓘ
use of mirrors in embroidery ⓘ
culturalRegion Western India ⓘ
economicActivity livestock rearing ⓘ
sale of embroidered textiles ⓘ
ethnicity Mutwa ⓘ
genderRole women as primary embroiderers ⓘ
geographicHabitat Rann of Kutch ⓘ
heritageStatus intangible cultural heritage (embroidery traditions) ⓘ
knownFor cultural traditions in the Rann of Kutch ⓘ
distinctive embroidery ⓘ
nomadic heritage ⓘ
pastoral lifestyle ⓘ
language Gujarati ⓘ
Kutchi ⓘ
materialCulture embroidered dowry textiles ⓘ
embroidered garments ⓘ
embroidered household items ⓘ
migrationPattern currently semi-nomadic or settled in villages ⓘ
historically nomadic ⓘ
region Kutch ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Sunni Islam ⓘ
settlementType village settlements in Kutch ⓘ
socialStatus marginalized community ⓘ
state Gujarat ⓘ
traditionalCraft embroidery ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood herding cattle ⓘ
herding goats ⓘ
herding sheep ⓘ
traditionalOccupation animal husbandry ⓘ
embroidery ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Rann of Kutch → ethnicGroup → Mutwa community ⓘ
Mutwa embroidery → practicedBy → Mutwa community ⓘ