Lisu ethnic group

E730377

The Lisu ethnic group is a Tibeto-Burman-speaking people of the mountainous regions of southwest China and neighboring Myanmar and Thailand, known for their distinct language, traditional dress, and Christian and animist religious practices.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lisu people 31
Lisu ethnic group canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tibeto-Burman people
ethnic group
autonomousPrefectureInChina Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture
country China
India
Myanmar
Thailand
ethnonym Lisu
geographicHabitat mountainous regions
river valleys
languageBranch Loloish languages
languageFamily Tibeto-Burman languages
majorPopulationIn Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture
Sichuan Province
Yunnan Province
music traditional flute music
vocal polyphony
notableChristianizationBy Protestant missionaries
populationEstimate over 1 million
primaryLanguage Lisu language
linked to: Lisu
recognizedAsHillTribeBy Thailand
recognizedAsMinorityBy China
Myanmar
region Laos
Myanmar
Southwest China
Thailand
relatedEthnicGroup Lahu people
Naxi people
Yi people
religion Buddhism
Christianity
Protestantism
folk religion
script Fraser alphabet
Latin script
New Lisu script
scriptCreator James O. Fraser
traditionalCrops maize
millet
rice
traditionalDressFeature brightly colored jackets
colorful headscarves
heavily embroidered clothing
silver ornaments
traditionalEconomy gathering
hunting
shifting cultivation
subsistence agriculture
traditionalHousing stilt houses
wooden houses
traditionalInstrument bamboo flute
plucked lute
traditionalReligion ancestor worship
animism
UNESCOIntangibleHeritageCandidate Lisu traditional culture

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Referenced by (32)

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

Lisu officialMinorityCategoryInChina Lisu ethnic group
Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture ethnicGroup Lisu people
subject linked to: Dehong
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture hasEthnicGroup Lisu people
subject linked to: Diqing
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nujiang ethnicAutonomyFor Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nujiang ethnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Kachin State ethnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Myanmar Highlands hasEthnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Northern Myanmar hasEthnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Thai highlands ethnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Pang Mapha District ethnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Fraser alphabet primaryUserCommunity Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Kuoshi Festival celebratedBy Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Upper Salween River basin traditionalHomelandOf Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Upper Salween River basin hasEthnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Shangri-La City hasEthnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture namedAfter Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture ethnicAutonomyFor Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture hasMajorEthnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture majorEthnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nuosu relatedEthnicGroups Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Torch Festival hasCulturalGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Loloish languages spokenBy Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Yingjiang County ethnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Weixi Lisu Autonomous County ethnicAutonomyFor Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Weixi Lisu Autonomous County majorEthnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Weixi Lisu Autonomous County isAutonomousCountyFor Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nu people neighboringEthnicGroups Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Lianghe County hasEthnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Nujiang Grand Canyon primaryEthnicGroupsNearby Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Lushui hasEthnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Putao Township ethnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group
Putao District hasEthnicGroup Lisu people
linked to: Lisu ethnic group