• PEOPLE NAME: KURIPAKO OF COLOMBIA

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Amazon

Language: Curripaco - (kpc)

Alternate Name(s): Curripaco, Kurripako, Curipaco, Korispaso, Kurripaco, Koripako, Coripaco, Curripaco, Kuripaco, Curripaco

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Colombia

Also found in: Brazil; United States; Venezuela

Population: 4,300

Global Population: 10,825


PEID: 16244

ROP: 102336

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Kuripako of Colombia, numbering 4,300, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Amazon people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 10,825 in 4 countries. Their primary language is Curripaco. The primary religion practiced by the Kuripako 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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