Synteng people

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The Synteng people, also known as the Jaintia, are an indigenous ethnic group of northeastern India primarily inhabiting the Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, with their own distinct language, culture, and traditions.

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Synteng people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
administrativeRegion East Jaintia Hills district
West Jaintia Hills district
alsoKnownAs Jaintia people
Pnars
linked to: Pnar
colonialHistory annexed by the British in 1835
country India
culturalTrait clan-based organization
megalithic traditions
sacred groves
descentSystem matrilineal descent
ethnonymOrigin Jaintia is an exonym
linked to: Jaintia people

Synteng is an endonym
governedBy Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council
historicalCapital Jaintiapur
Nartiang
historicalPolity Jaintia Kingdom
inheritancePattern matrilineal inheritance
languageFamily Austroasiatic languages
linked to: Austroasiatic
locatedIn Northeastern India
linked to: Northeast India
nativeLanguage Jaintia language
Pnar language
populationRegion Assam
Bangladesh (border areas)
primaryRegion Jaintia Hills
region Eastern Meghalaya
relatedEthnicGroup Khasi people
War Khasi people
linked to: Khasi people
religion Christianity
Hinduism
scheduledTribeStatus recognized as Scheduled Tribe in India
state Meghalaya
subgroupOf Khasi–Pnar peoples
linked to: Khasi people
traditionalDance Laho dance
traditionalEconomy agriculture
betel nut cultivation
coal mining
lime stone quarrying
shifting cultivation
traditionalFestival Behdienkhlam
linked to: Behdeinkhlam

Laho dance festival
linked to: Laho dance
traditionalLaw customary law
traditionalReligion Niamtre
traditionalReligionCenter Nartiang Durga Temple area (syncretic practices)
traditionalReligionType indigenous religion
traditionalSocialSystem matrilineal

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Jaintia people alsoKnownAs Synteng people