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Bolivia’s Cultural Groups

Bolivia’s Cultural Groups. Main Languages: Spanish Quechua, Aymara Other Amerindian languages (Guarini, Chiquitano). The Breakdown: 55%: Amerindian 30%: Mestizo 15%: White* 0.5%: Afro-Bolivian About 3 dozen Native groups. Some Japanese: in Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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Bolivia’s Cultural Groups

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  1. Bolivia’s Cultural Groups

  2. Main Languages: Spanish Quechua, Aymara Other Amerindian languages (Guarini, Chiquitano) The Breakdown: 55%: Amerindian 30%: Mestizo 15%: White* 0.5%: Afro-Bolivian About 3 dozen Native groups Some Japanese: in Santa Cruz de la Sierra Middle Easterners: prosperous in commerce Roman Catholic

  3. The Whites • European descent • Criollos: unmixed Spanish ancestry • Urban • Tend to be elite in Bolivian society

  4. The Mestizos • Spanish and Indian descent • Most socially, geographically, and economically diverse • Term: cholo • Urban orientation • More modern attire • Speak Spanish Simon Patino , mining

  5. The Amerindians • Over 3 dozen groups • Mostly based on languages • Breakdown • Quechua: 2.5 million • Aymara: 2 million • Chiquitano: 180,000 • Guarani : 125, 000 • others

  6. Quechuas • Agricultural, marginal farmers • In the Andes • From the Inca language • Trades: traditional fibre handicrafts, spinning wool and weaving fabrics • Mixed Catholic/ancient folk religion

  7. Aymaras • Andes and Altiplano • Lake Titicaca Basin • Associated with high civilized Tiwanku • Maybe even descendents of Elite Incas • Center of Culture: La Paz • Have a small urban culture • Cultural identity entertwined with the coca plant • Oral tradition

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