• PEOPLE NAME: WAURA OF BRAZIL


PEID: 17183

ROP: 110726

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Waurá - (wau)

Alternate Name(s): Waurá, Uaura, Aura, Wauja, Uaurá

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

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Population: 400

Global Population: 400


PEID: 17183

ROP: 110726

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

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


Overview: The Waura of Brazil, numbering 400, 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 Brazil. Their primary language is Waurá. The primary religion practiced by the Waura is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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