Purépecha people

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Tarascan people
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Yácatas
gptkbp:autonomousCommunity Cherán
gptkbp:autonym gptkb:P'urhépecha
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Tzintzuntzan
gptkbp:colonizedBy gptkb:Spanish_Empire
gptkbp:containsSettlement Lake Pátzcuaro region
gptkbp:country gptkb:Mexico
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Day of the Dead traditions
Pirekua music
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Michoacán
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:festival gptkb:Noche_de_Muertos
gptkbp:flag Purépecha flag
gptkbp:governingBody indigenous community councils
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Purépecha people
gptkbp:language gptkb:Purépecha_language
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:language
gptkbp:nativeTo gptkb:Michoacán
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Pátzcuaro
Uruapan
Cherán
gptkbp:notableFor resistance to Aztec conquest
distinct language isolate
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:Tangaxuan_II
gptkb:Tariácuri
gptkbp:population approximately 141,000
gptkbp:preColumbianCapital gptkb:Tzintzuntzan
gptkbp:preColumbianCivilization gptkb:Tarascan_state
gptkbp:recognizedBy Mexican
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Tarascan_state
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
indigenous religion
gptkbp:rival gptkb:Aztec_Empire
gptkbp:tradition worship of Curicaueri
gptkbp:traditionalCraft gptkb:ceramics
textiles
copper work
gptkbp:traditionalDress rebozo
huanengo
gptkbp:traditionalDwelling jacal
gptkbp:traditionalFood atole
corundas
uchepos
gptkbp:traditionalMusic Pirekua
gptkbp:traditionalSport pelota purépecha
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Pirekua
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Spanish_conquest_of_the_Tarascan_state
gptkb:Purépecha_Empire
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5