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The Kraho of Brazil

The Kraho of Brazil, numbering approximately 2,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Timbira Ge people pushed west from Maranhao's Balsas River by settlers and cattle ranchers into their present Tocantins territory, living in circular villages and known for ritual log races run with buriti-wood trunks. They mostly adhere to Animism and Krahô is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Kraho

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: South American Indigenous
Primary Language(s): Krahô (xra)
Primary Religion(s): Animism
Population: 2,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016978
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Pray for the Kraho of Brazil

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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Animism
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

60%
%
Animism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Krahô
Language Family: South-Eastern Tasmanian

100%
%
Krahô Speakers

Media Resources in Krahô:

Films:

No film resources are listed for this language.

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Bible Resources in Krahô:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

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Or check out the Krahô bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Kraho 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.

Next steps for the Kraho:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Kraho of Brazil

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
readEphesians 2:8-9

Pray that the lost among them will receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith, not by works, and be created for good works.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, ‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb’
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that many people will receive the gospel and will be part of the great multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, clothed in white robes and palm branches, proclaiming salvation belongs to our God.

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
readPsalm 47:2

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, they will exalt the Lord, recognizing His reign over the nations and His sovereignty over all things.

At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ...that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
readColossians 4:3-4

Ask God to open doors for believers to share the gospel and help them communicate it clearly so that more people will understand the mystery of Christ and turn to follow Him.

Kraho Across Countries (ROP3 - 105298) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
KrahoPG016978KrahoBrazil2,500Engaged yet UnreachedKrahôAnimism

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