Intha people

E849796

The Intha people are an ethnic group primarily living on and around Inle Lake in Myanmar, known for their stilt-house villages, floating gardens, and distinctive leg-rowing technique.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Intha people canonical 8
Intha-Katu people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
agriculturalProduct tomatoes
vegetables
boatType narrow wooden canoe
continent Asia
country Myanmar
countryFormerName Burma
linked to: Myanmar
culturalAttraction Inle Lake tourism
culturalLandscape floating gardens of Inle Lake
culturalRegion Shan Plateau
economicActivity fishing
floating garden agriculture
handicrafts
tourism-related services
environment freshwater lake ecosystem
ethnicGroupInCountry ethnic groups in Myanmar
fishingGear bamboo traps
conical fishing nets
fishingMethod traditional net fishing
knownFor distinctive leg-rowing technique
floating gardens
lake-based lifestyle
stilt-house villages
language Intha language
languageFamily Burmese language
Sino-Tibetan languages
populationStatus minority group in Myanmar
primaryRegion Inle Lake
linked to: Inle Lake basin

Shan State
regionType highland lake region
relatedEthnicGroup Bamar people
linked to: Bamar

Shan people
religion Buddhism
Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada
religiousStructure Buddhist monasteries
pagodas
rowingPosture standing on one leg
rowingTechnique leg-rowing
rowingTool single oar
settlementPattern lake surface villages
shoreline villages
traditionalDwellingLocation Inle Lake
linked to: Inle Lake basin
traditionalDwellingType stilt house
transportMode canoe
long-tail boat
uses floating islands for cultivation
usesWaterBody Inle Lake
linked to: Inle Lake basin

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Referenced by (9)

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

Rakhine people relatedEthnicGroup Intha people
Shan State ethnicGroup Intha people
Intha Burmese spokenBy Intha people
Intha Burmese ethnicAssociation Intha people
Taunggyi ethnicComposition Intha people
Inle Lake basin inhabitedBy Intha people
Inle Lake basin hasEthnicGroup Intha people
Intha-Katu ethnicGroup Intha-Katu people
linked to: Intha people
Nyaungshwe hasNearbyEthnicGroups Intha people