Muniz – Brazil

Brazil boasts a massive land area that makes it the fifth-largest country in the world, and the sixth most-populated with 213 million people. Brazilians celebrate unity in diversity at the core of their culture, including through food, music, and the arts. While Brazil has the largest Roman Catholic population in the world, and a proportionally large number of evangelical believers (26.9%), it is home to many other religions, including ethnic religions and spiritism. In the Amazon region, there are many indigenous unreached people groups.

Peruíbe has deep religious roots dating back to the 16th century, when Jesuit missionaries evangelized local tribes. Peruíbe is also home to protected ancestral lands and the Guarani Indigenous communities. The region’s dense Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Forest) fosters a highly contemplative and eco-spiritual environment, where practices like meditation, Candomblé, and local shamanism revere the sacredness of the natural world.