The Bora are an Indigenous tribe of the Peruvian, Colombian, and Brazilian Amazon, located between the Putumayo and Napo rivers.^{[citation needed]}

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Bora

Total population
Approx. 2,000 (various post-2001 est.)
Regions with significant populations
Peru  Colombia  Brazil
Languages
Bora, Spanish
Religion
Christian, Animist
Related ethnic groups
Witoto, Ocaina

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The Bora speak a Witotan language and comprise approximately 2,000 people.^{[citation needed]}

In the last forty years,^{[clarification needed]} the Bora have become a largely settled people living mostly in permanent forest settlements.^{[citation needed]}

The animist Bora worldview makes no distinction between the physical and spiritual worlds, and spirits are considered to be present throughout the world.^{[citation needed]}

Bora families practice exogamy.^{[clarification needed][citation needed]}

The Bora have an elaborate knowledge of the plant life of the surrounding rainforest. Like other indigenous peoples of the Peruvian Amazon, such as the Urarina,^[1] plants, especially trees, hold a complex and important interest for the Bora.^{[citation needed]}

Bows and arrows are the main weapons of the Bora culture used in person to person conflict.^{[citation needed]}

The Bora have guarded their lands from both indigenous foes and outsider colonials. Around the time of the 20th century, the rubber boom had a devastating impact on the Boras, who suffered mistreatment during that time period.^[2]

The Bora tribe's ancestral lands are currently threatened by illegal logging practices. The Bora have no indigenous reserves.^{[citation needed]}