Dima

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Dima is an alternative name for the Dimasa people, an indigenous ethnic group primarily inhabiting parts of Northeast India.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dima canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
alternativeNameOf Dimasa people
associatedRiver Brahmaputra River
linked to: Brahmaputra
country India
culturalPractice Bushu festival
Hojai festival
culturalRegion Barak Valley
Brahmaputra Valley
ethnicallyIdentifiedAs Dimasa
ethnicReligionCategory animism
ethnolinguisticFamily Sino-Tibetan peoples
ethnolinguisticGroup Tibeto-Burman peoples
governmentClassification Scheduled Tribe (Hills) in Assam
historicalCapital Dimapur
Maibang
historicalRegion North Cachar Hills
indigenousTo Northeast India
language Dimasa language
linguisticBranch Bodo–Garo languages
majorFestival Bushu Dima
meaningOfName sons of the great river
notableLanguageFeature tonal language
presentDistrict Cachar district
Dima Hasao district
Dimapur district
Hojai district
linked to: Hojai

Karbi Anglong district
linked to: Karbi Anglong
primaryReligionTrend syncretic Hindu and indigenous practices
primaryState Assam
Nagaland
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India
region Northeast India
religion Christianity
Hinduism
scriptUsed Assamese script
Latin script
selfDesignation Dima
Dimasa
traditionalClothing Rigu (women’s lower garment)
Risha (upper cloth)
Sgaopha (men’s headgear)
traditionalDance Baidima dance
traditionalHouseType stilt house
traditionalMusicInstrument Khram (drum)
Muri (flute)
traditionalOccupation agriculture
traditionalPoliticalEntity Dimasa Kingdom
traditionalReligion Dimasao religion

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Referenced by (3)

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

Dimasa people selfDesignation Dima
subject linked to: Dima