• PEOPLE NAME: CANELA OF BRAZIL

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PEID: 16797

ROP: 101873

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Canela - (ram)

Alternate Name(s): Timbiara, Apànjêkra (SELF), Apànjêkra (Autonym), Apanjekra, Ramkokamekra, Apaniekra, Ràmkôkamekra (Autonym), Apanhecra, Kanela, Ràmkôkamekra (SELF), Timbira

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

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Population: 2,600

Global Population: 2,600


PEID: 16797

ROP: 101873

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Canela of Brazil, numbering 2,600, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Brazil. Their primary language is Canela. The primary religion practiced by the Canela is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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