Chilote people

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The Chilote people are an indigenous and mestizo community from Chile’s Chiloé Archipelago, known for their distinctive seafaring culture, wooden architecture, rich folklore, and syncretic traditions blending Mapuche and Spanish influences.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Chilote culture 14
Chilote people canonical 6
Huilliche people 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people of the Americas
architectureStyle Chilote school of wooden architecture
areKnownFor Chilote cuisine
Chiloé wooden churches
myths and legends
potato cultivation
sheep and cattle raising
stilt houses (palafitos)
traditional fishing
country Chile
culturalTrait communal labor practices
rich oral folklore
seafaring tradition
syncretic religious practices
wooden architecture
wooden shipbuilding
economicActivity aquaculture
artisanal fishing
rural tourism
small-scale agriculture
timber work
ethnogenesis mestizo population
folkloreCharacter Brujo de Chiloé
Caleuche
Invunche
Pincoya
Trauco
hasAncestry Huilliche people
linked to: Chilote people

Mapuche people
Spanish colonists
heritageSiteAssociatedWith Churches of Chiloé
historicalInfluence Huilliche culture
Mapuche culture
Spanish colonial culture
historicalLanguage Veliche language
languageSpoken Chilean Spanish
Chilote Spanish dialect
primaryIsland Isla Grande de Chiloé
linked to: Chiloé Archipelago
primaryRegion Chiloé Archipelago
regionalIdentity Chilote identity distinct from mainland Chileans
religion Mapuche-Huilliche spiritual beliefs
Roman Catholicism
folk Catholicism
traditionalDance Chilote dances
traditionalDish chapalele
curanto
milcao
traditionalMusic Chilote folk music
UNESCOStatusOfAssociatedSite UNESCO World Heritage Site

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Referenced by (25)

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

Chilote mythology culturalOrigin Chilote people
Chiloé Archipelago localDialect Chilote Spanish
linked to: Chilote people
Huilliche hasSubgroup Chiloé Huilliche
linked to: Chilote people
Church of Nercón associatedWithCulture Chilote culture
linked to: Chilote people
Chilota culture relatedTo Chilote people
Chilote people hasAncestry Huilliche people
linked to: Chilote people
Pincoya worshippedBy Chilote fishermen
linked to: Chilote people
La Condená culture Chilote culture
linked to: Chilote people
Isla Cailín hasCulture Chilote culture
linked to: Chilote people
Church of Dalcahue associatedWith Chilote culture
linked to: Chilote people
Quellón hasIndigenousPresence Huilliche people
linked to: Chilote people
Isla Chaulinec culture Chilote culture
linked to: Chilote people
Church of Mechuque associatedWith Chilote culture
linked to: Chilote people
Chonchi hasCulturalRegion Chilote culture
linked to: Chilote people
curanto associatedWith Chilote people
Quehui Island hasEthnicCulture Chilote people
Isla Apiao hasEthnicCulture Chilote people
Isla Laitec culture Chilote culture
linked to: Chilote people
Isla Tranqui hasCulturalRegion Chilote culture
linked to: Chilote people
Isla Tac hasCulture Chilote culture
linked to: Chilote people
Isla Tac hasInhabitants Chilote people
Isla San Pablo hasCulturalRegion Chilote culture
linked to: Chilote people
Isla San Lorenzo hasCulture Chilote culture
linked to: Chilote people
Isla San Lorenzo hasTraditionalCulture Chilote culture
linked to: Chilote people
Isla San Sebastián hasCulturalContext Chilote culture
linked to: Chilote people