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The Acre Arara of Brazil

The Acre Arara of Brazil, numbering approximately 375 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an Indigenous Pano people of Acre’s upper Juruá region who identify as Shawãdawa and maintain a distinct cultural heritage while revitalizing their language, traditions, and territorial rights after the disruptions of the rubber era. They mostly adhere to Ethnoreligion and Sharanahua is their primary language.

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

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
Country: Brazil
People Cluster: Amazon
Primary Language(s): Sharanahua (mcd)
Primary Religion(s): Ethnoreligion
Population: 375
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG016542
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion
Religious Affiliation: Ethnoreligion

80%
%
Ethnoreligion Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Sharanahua
Language Family: Pano-Tacanan

100%
%
Sharanahua Speakers

Media Resources in Sharanahua:

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Bible Resources in Sharanahua:

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Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Expanding Unreached People Group, (LPI: 2), 0.5% or Greater but Less than 2% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

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Pray that God will raise up sons and daughters who, like Paul, will be bold to share the gospel across cultural barriers so that many might receive salvation.

Arara, Acre Across Countries (ROP3 - 100466) reported in the following countries:

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1 people group

PhotoPeople Group ID ▲NameCountryPopulationStrategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
Acre AraraPG016542Acre AraraBrazil375Unengaged and UnreachedSharanahuaEthnoreligion

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