• PEOPLE NAME: JARAWARA OF BRAZIL

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PEID: 16901

ROP: 104200

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Amazon

Language: Jamamadí - (jaa)

Alternate Name(s): Jaruara, Yarawara, Jarawara, Jarauara

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

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Population: 225

Global Population: 225


PEID: 16901

ROP: 104200

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Jarawara of Brazil, numbering 225, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Amazon people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Brazil. Their primary language is Jamamadí. The primary religion practiced by the Jarawara is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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