• PEOPLE NAME: SECOYA OF PERU

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PEID: 17588

ROP: 108784

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Paicoca - (sey)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Peru

Also found in: Ecuador

Population: 900

Global Population: 1,650


PEID: 17588

ROP: 108784

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Secoya of Peru, numbering 900, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 1,650 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Paicoca. The primary religion practiced by the Secoya is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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