• PEOPLE NAME: BORA OF PERU

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PEID: 17505

ROP: 101612

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples

People Cluster: Amazon

Language: Spanish - (spa)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Peru

Also found in: Brazil; Colombia

Population: 750

Global Population: 2,550


PEID: 17505

ROP: 101612

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Bora of Peru, numbering 750, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Amazon people cluster within the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 2,550 in 3 countries. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Bora is animism, a religious worldview that natural physical entities--including animals, plants, and even inanimate objects--possess a spiritual essence.


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