Mennonites in Paraguay are either Plautdietsch-speakers of mostly Flemish, Frisian and Prussian ancestry or, like the majority of Paraguayans, of mixed (southern European/Amerindian) or …

2024年1月2日 · Paraguay, a landlocked South American country, is home to one of Latin America’s largest Mennonite communities. In a country of just six million around the size of …

2018年5月9日 · After wandering around the globe, the Mennonites arrived in Paraguay in the 1920s. They transformed the Chaco into an agricultural El Dorado by scrupulously conserving …

2014年4月17日 · The approximately 60,000 to 80,000 Mennonites in Paraguay who live in large communities, or “colonies,” dominate the local culture. Its distinctly German flavor was …

Today, there are about 28,000 Mennonites in Paraguay, which are living in 20 colonies and in Asuncion, Paraguay's capital. The Gran Chaco covers more than 60% of the total area of …

Often forgotten and overlooked, Paraguay is one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Far from the capital Asuncion, the Mennonites inhabit the most remote and arid …

2017年8月19日 · Mennonites have lived through many phases of persecution, being sent to Russia, back to Germany and, after WW II, crossing the ocean to countries like Canada, …

2019年6月19日 · For decades after they arrived in the Chaco, the Mennonites lived in almost complete isolation as subsistence farmers. They survived in harsh conditions by planting …

2021年8月11日 · The Mennonites in Chaco, Paraguay, are one of the highest populations of Mennonites in Latin America, who make up at least 32% of the total population of Chaco, …

Les premiers mennonites arrivent en 1927 au Paraguay. Mais le pays est chaud et le manque d’eau se fait sentir. Le défi des mennonites de rendre les terres fertiles n’est pas une mince …