Indigenous population in Peru make up around 45%. <answer>Native Peruvian traditions</answer> and customs have shaped the way Peruvians live and see themselves today. Cultural citizenship—or what Renato Rosaldo has called, "the right to be different and to belong, in a democratic, participatory sense" (1996:243)—is not yet very well developed in Peru. This is perhaps no more apparent than in the country's Amazonian regions where indigenous societies continue to struggle against state-sponsored economic abuses, cultural discrimination, and pervasive violence.
What has shaped the way Peruvians live and see themselves today?
Native Peruvian traditions