Cewa

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Cewa is an alternative name for the Chewa, a Bantu ethnic group primarily found in Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique known for their rich cultural traditions and Chichewa language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
ethnic group
alternativeNameOf Chewa
linked to: Chichewa
associatedLanguageCode ny
nyn
colonialHistory affected by British colonial rule in Northern Rhodesia
affected by British colonial rule in Nyasaland
affected by Portuguese colonial rule in Mozambique
country Malawi
Mozambique
Zambia
culturalRegion Central Region of Malawi
linked to: Central Malawi

Eastern Province of Zambia
Tete Province of Mozambique
linked to: Tete Province
demographicSignificance one of the largest ethnic groups in Malawi
ethnicGroupOf Malawi
Mozambique
Zambia
hasCulturalTradition Gule Wamkulu
kinshipSystem matrilineal
languageFamily Bantu languages
languageSpoken Chewa language
Chichewa
linguisticBranch Niger–Congo languages
majorityIn Central Malawi
recognizedAs one of the major ethnic groups in Malawi
region Southern Africa
religion Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
subgroupOf Bantu peoples
traditionalArt mask carving
wood carving
traditionalCrop cassava
groundnuts
maize
traditionalDance Gule Wamkulu masked dance
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture
traditionalHousing village settlements
traditionalInstrument drums
horns
traditionalMusic drumming
traditionalReligionFeature ancestral veneration
UNESCOIntangibleHeritage Gule Wamkulu
UNESCOIntangibleHeritageCountry Malawi
Mozambique
Zambia
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet

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