Mojo people

E651216

The Mojo people are an indigenous ethnic group of Bolivia historically known for their distinct culture, traditions, and use of the Moxo language in the Amazonian lowlands.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mojo people canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amerindian peoples
indigenous people
colonialExperience Spanish colonization
colonialInstitution Jesuit reductions in Moxos region
continent South America
country Bolivia
culturalArea Amazonian cultures
Lowland indigenous peoples of Bolivia
environment floodplain ecosystems
tropical savanna and wetlands
ethnonymVariant Mojoes
linked to: Mojeno

Moxo people
Moxos
hasCulturalHeritage music associated with Jesuit mission baroque traditions
traditional communal festivals
hasOralTradition myths and legends transmitted orally
historicalEconomicActivity cattle ranching in mission and post-mission periods
historicalInfluence Jesuit missions of Moxos
historicalLanguage Ignaciano Moxo
linked to: Ignaciano Moxeño

Trinitario Moxo
linked to: Trinitario-Moxo
indigenousTo Bolivian Amazon
languageFamily Arawakan languages
partOf indigenous peoples of Bolivia
postColonialChallenge land rights conflicts
language shift toward Spanish
primaryLanguage Moxo language
recognizedAs indigenous nation within Bolivia
region Amazonian lowlands
Beni Department
relatedEthnicGroup Baure people
Paunaka people
other Arawakan-speaking peoples
traditionalReligion indigenous animist beliefs
traditionalSubsistence agriculture
fishing
gathering
hunting
traditionalTerritory Moxos plains
linked to: Llanos de Moxos
usesWritingSystem Latin script (for Moxo language)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Moxo language ethnicGroup Mojo people