• PEOPLE NAME: ASHÉNINKA ALTO PICHIS OF PERU

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PEID: 50214

ROP: 119321

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Pichis Ashéninka - (cpu)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Peru

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Population: 7,000

Global Population: 7,000


PEID: 50214

ROP: 119321

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Ashéninka Alto Pichis of Peru, numbering 7,000, are Unengaged and 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 Peru. Their primary language is Pichis Ashéninka. The primary religion practiced by the Ashéninka Alto Pichis is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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