• PEOPLE NAME: BORORO OF BRAZIL

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PEID: 16571

ROP: 101621

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: Amazon

Language: Borôro - (bor)

Alternate Name(s): Porrudos, Orarimogodoge (Autonym), Coroados, Boe (SELF), Orarimogodo), Boe (Autonym), Cuiabá, Tugokuridoge (Autonym), Araés, Tugokuridoge (SELF), Coxiponé, Coroados (self designation Boe, Araripoconé, Orarimogodoge (SELF)

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

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Population: 2,400

Global Population: 2,400


PEID: 16571

ROP: 101621

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

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


Overview: The Bororo of Brazil, numbering 2,400, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Amazon people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Brazil. Their primary language is Borôro. The primary religion practiced by the Bororo is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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