Gelao, White in Vietnam
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| People Name: | Gelao, White |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| 10/40 Window: | Yes |
| Population: | 200 |
| World Population: | 200 |
| Primary Language: | Duoluo |
| Primary Religion: | Ethnic Religions |
| Christian Adherents: | 0.00 % |
| Evangelicals: | 0.00 % |
| Scripture: | Unspecified |
| Ministry Resources: | No |
| Jesus Film: | No |
| Audio Recordings: | No |
| People Cluster: | Kadai |
| Affinity Bloc: | Southeast Asian Peoples |
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Introduction / History
Gelao means "human beings" as well as "bamboo." The Gelao White are thought to be descended from the ancient Liao race who established the Yelang Kingdom in Guizhou Province about 2,000 years ago. A folk tale tells how the king of Yelang was born from bamboo, so the whole group came to be called "bamboo." In the past, the Gelao White practiced initiation rites for their young men, including tooth-breaking and hair-cutting rituals. The Gelao were once head-hunters and cannibals.
The Gelao White peoples live either in China's Guizhou Province or northern Vietnam.
What Are Their Lives Like?
The Gelao White grow maize, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, millet, tobacco, and tea.
What Are Their Beliefs?
Like the other two Gelao peoples, the Gelao White worship their ancestors and hold traditional animistic religion. They worship the spirit of the rice paddies, the spirit of burn over land, and the spirits that protect their livestock. At specific festiva
What Are Their Needs?
It might take bold believers with a special gift of faith to go to the Gelao White people and pray for their needs. This people group will need to see God at work in a powerful way to put their faith in Jesus Christ rather than the spirit world.
Prayer Points
Pray for a movement of the Holy Spirit that will result in church plants and discipleship.
Ask for the Lord of the Harvest to send workers into this field to tell the Gelao White people that they have been specially created for a unique purpose: to know, love and worship Jesus Christ.
Pray for the Gelao White people to have a strong spiritual hunger that will lead them to the Savior of all mankind.
Pray for God to reveal His grace and love to the Gelao White people so that they will want Him as their Savior.