1. Bolivia’s Cultural Groups

2. Main Languages: The Breakdown: Roman Catholic
Spanish
Quechua, Aymara
Other 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

3. The Whites European descent Criollos: unmixed Spanish ancestry Urban
Tend to be elite in Bolivian society

4. The Mestizos Spanish and Indian descent
Simon Patino , mining
Spanish and Indian descent
Most socially, geographically, and economically diverse
Term: cholo
Urban orientation
More modern attire
Speak Spanish

5. The Amerindians Over 3 dozen groups Breakdown
Mostly based on languages
Breakdown
Quechua: 2.5 million
Aymara: 2 million
Chiquitano: 180,000
Guarani : 125, 000
others

6. 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

7. 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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