• PEOPLE NAME: TACANA OF BOLIVIA

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PEID: 17425

ROP: 109679

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Takana

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Bolivia

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Population: 4,500

Global Population: 4,500


PEID: 17425

ROP: 109679

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical


Overview: The Tacana of Bolivia, numbering 4,500, are No Longer 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 Bolivia. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Tacana 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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