Mishing

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Mishing refers to the Mising (Miri) people, an indigenous ethnic group primarily inhabiting Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India, known for their distinct Tibeto-Burman language and rich riverine culture.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mising 8
Mishing canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scheduled Tribe
ethnic group
clanSystem patrilineal clans
country India
cultureType riverine culture
dwellingLocation river banks
dwellingType stilt houses
ethnicGroupOf India
ethnolinguisticGroup Tani peoples
governingBody Mising Autonomous Council
hasAlternativeName Miri
Mising
linked to: Mishing
inhabits Brahmaputra Valley
language Mising language
languageBranch Tani languages
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages
marriageRule clan exogamy
musicInstrument cymbals
drums
flutes
oralTradition rich folklore
politicalDemand greater autonomy in Assam
populationRegion North bank of Brahmaputra
Upper Assam
primaryRegion Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in Assam
region Northeast India
relatedEthnicGroup Adi people
Apatani people
linked to: Apatani

Nyishi people
religion Christianity
Hinduism
traditionalBelief sun and moon worship (Donyi and Polo)
traditionalDance Mishing folk dance
traditionalDress Ege (women’s wrap skirt)
Gasor (men’s wrap)
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture
traditionalFestival Ali-Aye-Ligang
Po:rag
traditionalMusic Bihu-like folk music
traditionalOccupation fishing
riverine agriculture
wet rice cultivation
traditionalReligion Donyi-Polo
usesScript Assamese script
Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Miri alsoKnownAs Mishing
Majuli Island language Mising
linked to: Mishing
Upper Assam hasEthnicGroup Mising
linked to: Mishing
Lakhimpur district hasSpokenLanguage Mising
linked to: Mishing
Tani hasMemberLanguage Mising
linked to: Mishing
Mishing hasAlternativeName Mising
linked to: Mishing
Eastern Assam hasEthnicGroup Mishing
subject linked to: eastern Assam
Dhemaji otherSpokenLanguage Mising
linked to: Mishing
North Lakhimpur language Mising
linked to: Mishing
Dhakuakhana hasEthnicCommunities Mising
linked to: Mishing