Mangaian people

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The Mangaian people are an indigenous Polynesian community native to Mangaia in the Cook Islands, known for their distinct culture, language, and traditional social structures.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mangaian people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
colonialHistoryWith United Kingdom
continent Oceania
country Cook Islands
culture Mangaian culture
Polynesian culture
ethnicGroupIn Cook Islands
ethnicGroupOf Mangaia
ethnicGroupStatus indigenous people of the Cook Islands
ethnonymDerivedFrom Mangaia
hasTraditionalAuthorityTitle ariki
mataiapo
rangatira
hasTraditionalCraft tapa cloth making
weaving
wood carving
hasTraditionalDance Polynesian dance
hasTraditionalEconomicActivity fishing
subsistence agriculture
hasTraditionalFood breadfruit
fish
root crops
hasTraditionalHousing thatched houses
hasTraditionalMusic Polynesian vocal music
hasTraditionalNavigationPractice Polynesian wayfinding
hasTraditionalOralLiterature myths and legends
hasTraditionalReligionDeities Polynesian gods
hasTraditionalSocialStructure chiefdom
clan-based system
hasTraditionalSport canoe racing
indigenousTo Mangaia
language Cook Islands Māori language
Mangaian language
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Cook Islands
Mangaia
modernCitizenship Cook Islands
New Zealand
nativeNameLanguage Cook Islands Māori language
Mangaian language
partOf Cook Islands Māori people
linked to: Cook Islanders

Polynesia
region South Pacific Ocean
religion Christianity
sharesAncestryWith Rarotongan people
other Cook Islands Māori groups
traditionalReligion Polynesian indigenous religion
usesWritingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Mangaian dialect ethnicGroup Mangaian people
Mangaian Māori hasEthnicGroup Mangaian people