Deori people

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The Deori people are an indigenous Tibeto-Burman-speaking community of Northeast India, known for their distinct language, agrarian lifestyle, and traditional religious practices closely linked to the Brahmaputra valley.

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Label Occurrences
Deori people canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scheduled Tribe
ethnic group
autonomousCouncilIn Assam
country India
culturalRegion Assamese cultural sphere
demographicCategory minority group in Assam
ethnicGroupOf Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
India
Northeast India
festival Bohag Bihu
linked to: Bihu

Magh Bihu
linked to: Bihu
governingBody All Assam Deori Students’ Union
Deori Autonomous Council
languageBranch Bodo-Garo branch
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages
linguisticStatus endangered language community
livelihood animal husbandry
fishing
wet rice cultivation
migrationPattern intra-Assam rural settlements
nativeLanguage Deori language
notableRiver Brahmaputra River
linked to: Brahmaputra
officialStatus Other Backward Classes in some regions
populationRegion Dhemaji district
Jorhat district
Lakhimpur district
Sivasagar district
linked to: Sibsagar District

Tinsukia district
Upper Assam
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in Assam
region Brahmaputra Valley
relatedEthnicGroup Bodo-Kachari peoples
linked to: Bodo–Garo peoples

Mising people
Sonowal Kachari
religiousInstitution temple-centric worship
religiousPractice ancestor worship
nature worship
religiousSyncretism Hindu and indigenous beliefs
scriptUsed Assamese script
linked to: Bengali script
socialStructure clan-based society
traditionalBelief veneration of village deities
traditionalDance folk dance
traditionalHouseType stilt house
traditionalMusic folk songs
traditionalOccupation agriculture
traditionalReligion Hinduism
animism

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Referenced by (3)

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

Majuli Island ethnicGroup Deori people
Lakhimpur district hasEthnicGroup Deori people
Majuli district ethnicGroup Deori people