Bahing Rai

E820728

Bahing Rai are an indigenous Kirati ethnic subgroup of the Rai people of eastern Nepal, known for their distinct language, culture, and traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bahing Rai canonical 2
Bahing Rai Khambu 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
celebratesFestival Sakela
Ubhauli
Udhauli
country Nepal
ethnicGroupIn Nepal
eastern Nepal
follows Mundhum oral tradition
geographicDistribution hilly districts of eastern Nepal
hasClanSystem yes
hasCulture Kirati culture
linked to: Kirati
hasDistinct culture
language
traditions
hasEthnonym Bahing
Bahing Khambu
Bahing Rai Khambu
linked to: Bahing Rai
hasLanguage Bahing language
hasMinorityStatusIn Nepal
hasTraditionalOccupation animal husbandry
subsistence agriculture
isIndigenousTo eastern Nepal
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan languages
languageStatus endangered language community
languageSubfamily Kiranti languages
linguisticStatus minority language community in Nepal
partOf Adivasi Janajati of Nepal
Kirati people
linked to: Kirati peoples
recognizedAs indigenous nationality of Nepal
region eastern hills of Nepal
relatedEthnicGroup Bantawa Rai
Chamling Rai
Kulung Rai
Thulung Rai
other Kirati Rai subgroups
religion Kirat Mundhum
speaks Bahing
Bahing language
subgroupOf Rai people
linked to: Rai peoples
traditionalBelief ancestor worship
nature worship
traditionalDance Kirati folk dance
traditionalHousing stone and wood houses
traditionalMusic Kirati folk music
traditionalReligion Kiratism
linked to: Kirat religion
usesScriptForLanguage Devanagari script
Roman script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Rai hasSubgroup Bahing Rai
Bahing language ethnicity Bahing Rai
Bahing Rai hasEthnonym Bahing Rai Khambu
linked to: Bahing Rai