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People group profile · PG016948

The Carapana of Brazil

The Carapana of Brazil, numbering about 60 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are a small Eastern Tucanoan people of the upper Rio Negro borderlands with Colombia, one of seventeen ethnic groups along the Uaupes and Pira-Parana rivers bound together through intermarriage, ritual, and trade in the region's social system.

They are an indigenous people in the South American Indigenous people cluster of the Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. Their primary religion is Animism, and they primarily speak Carapana.

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AI-generated illustration, not a photograph. Photo by Google. (2025). Image generated by Gemini 2.5 Flash: Carapana

Fast facts

Country
Brazil
Population
60
Affinity group
American Peoples
People cluster
South American Indigenous
Primary language
Carapana (cbc)
Primary religion
Animism
Strategic Progress Index ?
Unengaged and Unreached
Evangelical
No Known Evangelicals
GSEC ?
Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
Lostness priority ?
Frontier Unreached People Group
Region
South America, Americas

Where they live

Gospel status

The Carapana are Unengaged and Unreached, which means fewer than 2% are evangelical Christians, and there has been no reported church planting activity in the past two years. In GSEC terms, 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.

  • Congregations exist No
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Carapana

  • Pray that God would send workers to this people group
  • Begin sowing the gospel and seek out people of peace
  • Plant the first churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice

Primary religion

Animism · Ethnoreligion

100% adherents

Primary language

Carapana · Tucanoan family

100% speak Carapana

Gospel resources in Carapana

  • Bible available
  • JESUS Film not available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories not available

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Carapana

  1. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
  2. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
  3. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
  4. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.

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Carapana in other countries

The same people is also reported in 1 other country.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
CarapanaColombia450Unengaged and Unreached

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