• PEOPLE NAME: TUXA OF BRAZIL

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PEID: 17155

ROP: 110335

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Portuguese - (por)

Alternate Name(s): Tusha, Tuxá, Tusha, Todela, Rodela

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

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Population: 2,900

Global Population: 2,900


PEID: 17155

ROP: 110335

Progress of the Gospel: Engaged yet Unreached

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


Overview: The Tuxa of Brazil, numbering 2,900, are Engaged yet 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 Portuguese. The primary religion practiced by the Tuxa is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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