Mishmi people
Ethnic group of Tibet and Northeast India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mishmi people are an ethnic group of Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh, India. The area is known as the Mishmi Hills.[3] Only one group, called the Deng, occupy Zayu County in southern Tibet.[3]
Total population | |
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35,000 approx[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
India | N/A |
Arunachal Pradesh | N/A |
China | N/A |
Tibet Autonomous Region | N/A |
Languages | |
Northern Mishmi languages, Southern Mishmi languages, Mandarin | |
Religion | |
Animism[2] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Tibetans, Other Sino-Tibetan people |
Mishmi people | |||||||
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Chinese | 代巴玫 | ||||||
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Deng Ren | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 僜人 | ||||||
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The Mishmi-Idu believes that Rukmini-Chief Consort of Lord Krishna belonged to their tribe. Most of these are considered to be a fabrication. Historians point to the creation of these myths during the propagation of the eksarana-namadharma in the 16th century by Srimanta Sankardev around Sadiya, which influenced the regional identity of the place.[4] The Mishmis began to identity with the legendary Vaishnava characters created during this period which led to the formation of an alternate identity.[5]