• PEOPLE NAME: CAMSA OF COLOMBIA


PEID: 16223

ROP: 101865

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Camsá - (kbh)

Alternate Name(s): Kamsa, Camensta

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Colombia

Also found in:

Population: 4,900

Global Population: 4,900


PEID: 16223

ROP: 101865

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Camsa of Colombia, numbering 4,900, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Colombia. Their primary language is Camsá. The primary religion practiced by the Camsa is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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