Atoni people

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The Atoni people are an indigenous ethnic group of western Timor known for their hierarchical social structure, distinctive traditional houses (ume kbubu), and dryland farming culture.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Atoni people canonical 11
Atoni Meto people 2
Atoni (Dawan) people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
agriculturalSystem rainfed agriculture
alsoInCountry Timor-Leste
alternativeName Atoin Meto
Atoni Pah Meto
linked to: Atoin Pah Meto

Dawan
colonialContact Dutch East Indies
culturalRegion Meto highlands
descentSystem clan-based
dominantChristianDenomination Protestantism
ethnonym Atoni
geographicEnvironment semi-arid savanna
inhabits western Timor
kinshipSystem patrilineal
knownFor distinctive round houses
dryland agricultural practices
hierarchical social organization
language Uab Meto
languageFamily Austronesian languages
languageSubgroup Timoric languages
laterReligion Christianity
mainCrops beans
maize
millet
tubers
mainRegency Belu Regency
Kupang Regency
Timor Tengah Selatan Regency
Timor Tengah Utara Regency
mainSubsistenceActivity swidden agriculture
partOf Timorese peoples
linked to: Timorese people
practices ancestor worship
primaryCountry Indonesia
primaryIsland Timor
primaryProvince East Nusa Tenggara
region West Timor
ritualFocus land fertility rituals
life-cycle ceremonies
socialStructure hierarchical
traditionalClothing ikat textiles
traditionalEconomy dryland farming
traditionalHouse ume kbubu
traditionalHouseType round thatched house
traditionalPoliticalUnit sonaf
traditionalReligion animism
traditionalRulerTitle usif
weavingTechnique ikat

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

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

East Nusa Tenggara hasEthnicGroup Atoni people
Timor ethnicGroups Atoni people
Dawan language spokenBy Atoni people
RAEOA ethnicMajority Atoni people
Uab Meto spokenBy Atoni people
Timorese Dawan spokenBy Atoni people
Atoni language spokenBy Atoni people
Atoni language ethnicGroup Atoni people
North Central Dawan belongsToEthnicGroup Atoni (Dawan) people
linked to: Atoni people
Rote people relatedEthnicGroup Atoni people
Ambeno ethnicallyAssociatedWith Atoni people
Usif usedBy Atoni Meto people
subject linked to: usif
linked to: Atoni people
ume kbubu usedBy Atoni Meto people
linked to: Atoni people