• PEOPLE NAME: CANDOSHI OF PERU

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PEID: 17510

ROP: 101872

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: Amazon

Language: Kandozi-Chapra - (cbu)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Peru

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Population: 3,300

Global Population: 3,300


PEID: 17510

ROP: 101872

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Candoshi of Peru, numbering 3,300, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Amazon people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Peru. Their primary language is Kandozi-Chapra. The primary religion practiced by the Candoshi is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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