Mewahang Rai

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Mewahang Rai is a subgroup of the Rai people, an indigenous ethnic community of the eastern Himalayan region of Nepal with its own distinct language and cultural traditions.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mewahang Rai canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic subgroup
associatedWith Himalayan region
country Nepal
culturalRegion eastern Himalayas
linked to: Eastern Himalayas
ethnicGroupIn Nepal
ethnolinguisticGroup Mewahang Rai people
follows clan-based social structure
hasAutonym Mewahang
hasCulturalElement folk dances
folk songs
oral narratives
traditional rituals
hasDistinct cultural traditions
language
hasEthnicIdentity Rai
hasIntangibleHeritage indigenous knowledge systems
ritual chants
traditional festivals
hasLanguage Mewahang language
hasTraditionalEconomy animal husbandry
subsistence agriculture
hasTraditionalOralTradition Mundhum
hasTraditionalSettlementPattern hill villages
indigenousTo eastern Nepal
languageBranch Kiranti languages
languageFamily Sino-Tibetan
linguisticMinorityIn Nepal
locatedIn eastern Himalayan region of Nepal
minorityStatusIn Nepal
partOf Kirati peoples
practices ancestor worship
nature worship
recognizedAs indigenous nationality of Nepal
region eastern hills of Nepal
relatedEthnicGroups Bantawa Rai
Chamling Rai
Kulung Rai
Thulung Rai
sharesCulturalHeritageWith other Rai subgroups
subgroupOf Rai people
linked to: Rai peoples
traditionalReligion Kirat Mundhum
usesScript Devanagari (for Nepali and some written use)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Rai hasSubgroup Mewahang Rai
Mewahang language ethnicGroup Mewahang Rai