Cumanagoto in Venezuela
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| People Name: | Cumanagoto |
| Country: | Venezuela |
| 10/40 Window: | No |
| Population: | 19,000 |
| World Population: | 19,000 |
| Primary Language: | Spanish |
| Primary Religion: | Ethnic Religions |
| Christian Adherents: | 20.00 % |
| Evangelicals: | 1.00 % |
| Scripture: | Complete Bible |
| Ministry Resources: | Yes |
| Jesus Film: | Yes |
| Audio Recordings: | Yes |
| People Cluster: | South American Indigenous |
| Affinity Bloc: | Latin-Caribbean Americans |
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Introduction / History
The Cumanagoto are a Native American people who only live in Venezuela.
Traditionally, they grew sweet potatoes, manioc, maize, and cocoa trees. They gathered food from the wilderness. Most of their meat came from hunting, not from domesticated animals.
They used wooden barriers to defend their villages. Living in a warm tropical climate, they wore very few clothes, but they wore ornaments such as feathers, gold, bones, teeth, flowers, pearls, gold or shells. Only the chief had more than one wife.
What Are Their Lives Like?
The Cumanagoto culture is dying out, and so is their language. Few if any speak it. Others speak Spanish as their first language.
What Are Their Beliefs?
One of their taboos involves frogs. They believe frogs are the gods of the rivers, so they keep them as pets rather than killing them. Traditional Cumanagoto worship involved the sun and the moon. They still practice ethnic religion, but they have a Chris
What Are Their Needs?
The Cumanagoto people need better medical care.
Prayer Points
Pray for the Cumanagoto to find complete fulfillment in Jesus Christ.
Pray that they will center their lives around Jesus Christ and his teachings.
Pray for Cumanagoto disciples to make more disciples who make even more disciples.