• PEOPLE NAME: TUXA OF BRAZIL

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PEID: 17155

ROP: 110335

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Affinity Group: American Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Latin-Caribbean Americans

People Cluster: South American Indigenous

Language: Portuguese - (por)

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

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Animism

Country: Brazil

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Population: 2,800

Global Population: 2,800


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 2,800, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are part of the South American Indigenous people cluster within the Latin-Caribbean Americans 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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