Zenadh Kes people

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The Zenadh Kes people are the Indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands, with distinct Melanesian cultures, languages, and seafaring traditions located between northern Australia and Papua New Guinea.

All labels observed (2)

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Zenadh Kes Islanders 1
Zenadh Kes people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
Melanesian people
Torres Strait Islander people
alsoKnownAs Torres Strait Islanders
surface form: Torres Strait Islander people
associatedWithSea Arafura Sea
Coral Sea
continent Oceania
country Australia
ethnolinguisticGroup Melanesian
governedWithin Torres Shire Council
Torres Strait Island Regional Council
hasCulturalFestival Winds of Zenadth Cultural Festival
hasCulturalRegion Central Islands
Eastern Islands
Inner Islands
Near Western Islands
Top Western Islands
hasCulturalTradition canoe building
ceremonial dance
elaborate headdress making
seafaring
shell ornamentation
storytelling
subsistence fishing
hasLanguage Kala Lagaw Ya
Kalaw Lagaw Ya
surface form: Kalaw Kawaw Ya

Kawrareg
Meriam Mir
Torres Strait Creole
hasLanguageFamily Eastern Trans-Fly languages
Pama–Nyungan languages
hasSocialStructure clan-based organisation
extended family networks
hasTotemicSystem clan totems
indigenousTo Torres Strait Islands
Torres Strait
surface form: Zenadh Kes (Torres Strait) region
locatedBetween Cape York Peninsula
Papua New Guinea
partOf Queensland
surface form: State of Queensland
politicalRecognition Indigenous Australians
distinct from Aboriginal Australians
practicesReligion Christianity
selfDesignation Zenadh Kes
Zenadh Kes people self-linksurface differs
surface form: Zenadh Kes Islanders

Zenadh Kes
surface form: Zenadth Kes
traditionalEconomy dugong hunting
fishing
gardening
pearling
turtle hunting
traditionalReligion ancestral spirit beliefs
totemism
usesLinguaFranca Torres Strait Creole

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Torres Strait Islanders selfDesignation Zenadh Kes people
Zenadh Kes people selfDesignation Zenadh Kes people self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Zenadh Kes Islanders