• PEOPLE NAME: WARAO OF VENEZUELA

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PEID: 16506

ROP: 110685

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Warao - (wba)

Alternate Name(s): Guarauno, Warau, Warrau, Guarao, Guarauno

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Venezuela

Also found in: Guyana

Population: 33,000

Global Population: 38,300


PEID: 16506

ROP: 110685

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Warao of Venezuela, numbering 33,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 38,300 in 2 countries. Their primary language is Warao. The primary religion practiced by the Warao is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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