• PEOPLE NAME: TEMBE OF BRAZIL

Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: Guarani

Language: Tembé - (tqb)

Alternate Name(s): Turiwara, Tenetehar (SELF), Tembé, Timbé, Tenetehara, Tenetehara, Tenetehar (Autonym), Tembé-Turiwara

Primary Religion: Christianity - Folk Catholicism

Country: Brazil

Also found in:

Population: 1,500

Global Population: 1,500


PEID: 17126

ROP: 109934

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

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


Overview: The Tembe of Brazil, numbering 1,500, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Guarani people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Brazil. Their primary language is Tembé. The primary religion practiced by the Tembe is folk Catholicism, characterized by local expressions of faith that combine Catholic traditions with local animistic rituals, resulting in syncretized forms of Catholicism that diverge from official church doctrine and practice.


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