Hill Mari people

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The Hill Mari people are a Finno-Ugric ethnic group native to the hilly forest regions of the Mari El Republic in Russia, known for their traditional pagan beliefs, distinct language, and rich folk culture.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hill Mari people canonical 5

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Finno-Ugric people ⓘ
Uralic language ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
autonomousRegion Mari El Republic ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
culturalRegion central Volga region ⓘ
endonymLanguage Hill Mari language ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Russia ⓘ
facingIssue language shift to Russian ⓘ
historicalRegion right bank of the Volga River ⓘ
language Hill Mari language ⓘ
languageStatus minority language in Russia ⓘ
linguisticBranch Mari branch ⓘ
linguisticFamily Uralic languages ⓘ
minorityStatus indigenous minority of Russia ⓘ
nativeTo Mari El Republic ⓘ
Volga region ⓘ
hilly forest regions of Mari El ⓘ
populationTrend declining ⓘ
region Volga Federal District ⓘ
relatedEthnicity Meadow Mari people ⓘ
Northwestern Mari people ⓘ
religion Mari native religion ⓘ
Russian Orthodoxy ⓘ
paganism ⓘ
ritualPractice animal sacrifices ⓘ
communal prayers ⓘ
seasonal festivals ⓘ
ritualSiteType sacred groves ⓘ
selfDesignation Kuryk Mari ⓘ
subgroupOf Mari language ⓘ
Mari people ⓘ
traditionalBeliefSystem animism ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
traditionalClothingFeature beaded ornaments ⓘ
bright embroidery ⓘ
headscarves ⓘ
traditionalCulture embroidery ⓘ
epic songs ⓘ
folk dance ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
wooden architecture ⓘ
traditionalEconomy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
usesTraditionalInstrument drums ⓘ
kugikly ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Hill Mari → spokenBy → Hill Mari people ⓘ
Hill Mari language → ethnicGroup → Hill Mari people ⓘ
Gorno-Mari → spokenBy → Hill Mari people ⓘ
Meadow Mari people → relatedEthnicGroup → Hill Mari people ⓘ
Gornomari → spokenBy → Hill Mari people ⓘ