Bolivia’s Cultural Groups
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Bolivia’s Cultural Groups
Main Languages: Spanish
Quechua, AymaraOther 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
The Whites
• European descent • Criollos: unmixed Spanish ancestry • Urban • Tend to be elite in Bolivian society
The Mestizos
• Spanish and Indian descent • Most socially, geographically, and economically
diverse• Term: cholo • Urban orientation• More modern attire• Speak Spanish
Simon Patino , mining
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
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
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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