The Mato Grosso Arara of Brazil

The Mato Grosso Arara of Brazil, numbering approximately 300 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are described as an Amazonian people of the Branco and Guariba river basins in Mato Grosso known to themselves as Yugapkata, whose unclassified ancestral language lost its last fluent speakers by the early 2000s They are an Indigenous people, with Arara (Karib) as their ethnic/kinship group and are in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Ethnoreligion. They primarily speak Portuguese.

Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Arara, Mato Grosso

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Portuguese (por)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 300
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016543
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

90%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Portuguese
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Portuguese Speakers

Media Resources in Portuguese:

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Mato Grosso Arara are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

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And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
readMatthew 6:16

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For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
readRomans 3:23

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The LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you.
readNumbers 6:25

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The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
readJohn 1:9-10

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Arara, Mato Grosso Across Countries (ROP3 - 100467) reported in the following countries:

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