People group profile · PG016281
The Southern Barasano of Colombia
The Southern Barasano of Colombia, numbering about 15 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are a Tucanoan people of Colombia's Vaupes region along the Piraparana River, part of a multilingual exogamy system in which marrying a speaker of one's own language is treated as forbidden, similar to incest.
They are an indigenous people in the Amazon people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Barasana-Eduria.
Fast facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Population
- 15
- Affinity group
- American Peoples
- People cluster
- Amazon
- Primary language
- Barasana-Eduria (bsn)
- Primary religion
- Animism
- Strategic Progress Index
- No Longer Unreached
- Evangelical
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10%
- GSEC
- 5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
- Lostness priority
- Moderately Reached People Group
- Region
- South America, Americas
- Location
- Amazonas department: Apaporis river south bank; Vaupés department: Cachivera Pina, Mitú, Sõnanã, Pacoa, Piedra Ñi, San Miguel; Pira-Paraná river and tributaries
Where they live
Gospel status
The Southern Barasano are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.
- Congregations exist No
- Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted
Next steps for the Southern Barasano
- Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
- Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
- Send out laborers from this people to the nations
Primary religion
Animism · Ethnoreligion
60% adherents
Primary language
Barasana-Eduria · Tucanoan family
100% speak Barasana-Eduria
Gospel resources in Barasana-Eduria
- Bible available, published 2010
- JESUS Film not available
- Radio programs not available
- Gospel recordings available
- Audio resources available
- Bible stories not available
Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.
Pray for the Southern Barasano
- John 17:3. Pray that many will come to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.
- Psalm 27:1. Pray that new believers will be strengthened in the face of persecution, with the Lord as their stronghold.
- Romans 12:4–5. Pray that believers from many cultures will work together as one body so that the church is built up.
- Revelation 7:9. Pray for the day when people from this group stand before the throne with every nation, tribe, people and language.
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