Vaghri (Muslim traditions) in Pakistan


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Introduction / History

Their name Vagri comes from the Sanskrit word for net. The Vaghri were originally forest hunters. During the British colonial period the Vaghri were labeled as a caste of petty thieves. This idea has continued to hurt the Vaghri people in their desire to escape poverty. They are classified are a backward scheduled caste.


Where Are they Located?

The Muslim Vaghri live in India's Gujarat state. Others live in Pakistan.


What Are Their Lives Like?

Besides being hunters, the Vaghri worked as traders, hawkers, animal breeders, and stonemasons. Most Vaghri people are landless. They try to grow vegetables on the small plots of land they possess.


What Are Their Beliefs?

Most Vaghri people are Hindu, but there are Muslims among them, especially in Pakistan. Many of the peoples of South Asia who are Muslim converted from Hinduism during the days of the powerful Moghul Empire, but they retained elements of Hinduism in their belief system.


What Are Their Needs?

The Vaghri people, be they Hindu or Muslim, need the peace that comes from a relationship with Jesus Christ.


Prayer Points

Pray the Lord will open the hearts of the Vaghri people to desire God's blessings through a movement of family-based discovery Bible studies.
Pray for the Lord to thrust out workers to both the Hindu and the Muslim Vaghri communities in Pakistan and India.
Pray for a spiritual hunger that will drive them to seek and find the Lord.
Pray for a church planting movement among the Muslim Vaghri community in Pakistan.


Scripture Prayers for the Vaghri (Muslim traditions) in Pakistan.


References

https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/17722/IN
https://joshuaproject.net/people_groups/18290/PK
www.wycliffe.org/prayer/articles/the-vaghri-of-pakistan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagri
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6-1NCGOYAg
http://www.globalprayerdigest.org/issue/day/2011/11/28
researchonline.jcu.edu.au/17697/


Profile Source:   Keith Carey  

People Name General Vaghri (Muslim traditions)
People Name in Country Vaghri (Muslim traditions)
Alternate Names Bagri; Baori; Bella; Datia; Malia; Salar; Salat; Vagher; Vavania; Vedu; Wagher; Wather; वाघरि (मुस्लिम ट्रेडिशन्स)
Population this Country 9,300
Population all Countries 34,000
Total Countries 2
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group Yes
Pioneer Workers Needed 1
PeopleID3 17722
ROP3 Code 113172
Country Pakistan
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 7  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Total States on file 2
Largest States
Sindh
9,300
Punjab
30
Country Pakistan
Region Asia, South
Continent Asia
10/40 Window Yes
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank 7  (Open Doors top 50 rank, 1 = highest persecution ranking)
Total States 2
  Sindh 9,300
  Punjab 30
Website South Asia Peoples
Primary Religion: Islam
Major Religion Percent *
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 0.00 %)
0.00 %
Ethnic Religions
0.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
100.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
* From latest Pakistan census data.
Current Christian values may substantially differ.
Primary Language Sindhi (5,700 speakers)
Language Code snd   Ethnologue Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 5
Secondary Languages
Vaghri
2,200
Dhatki
400
Urdu
400
Marwari (Pakistan)
100
Primary Language Sindhi (5,700 speakers)
Language Code snd   Ethnologue Listing
Total Languages 5
Secondary Languages
  Vaghri 2,200
  Dhatki 400
  Urdu 400
  Marwari (Pakistan) 100
People Groups Speaking Sindhi

Primary Language:  Sindhi

Bible Translation Status  (Years)
Bible-Portions Yes  (1825-1981)
Bible-New Testament Yes  (1890-1992)
Bible-Complete Yes  (1954)
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Audio Recordings Audio Bible teaching Global Recordings Network
Audio Recordings Recorded oral Bible Oral Bibles
Film / Video Indigitube.tv Video / Animation Create International
Film / Video Jesus Film: view in Sindhi Jesus Film Project
Film / Video Magdalena video Jesus Film Project
Film / Video The Hope Video Mars Hill Media
Film / Video World Christian Videos World Christian Videos
General Bible for Children Bible for Children
General Bible in text or audio or video Internet Publishing Sevice
General Bible in text or audio or video South Asia Bibles
General Biblical answers to your questions Got Questions Ministry
General Faith Comes By Hearing - Bible in text or audio or video Faith Comes by Hearing
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General YouVersion Bible versions in text and/or audio YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App Android Bible app: Sindhi YouVersion Bibles
Mobile App Download audio Bible app as APK file Faith Comes by Hearing
Mobile App iOS Bible app: Sindhi YouVersion Bibles
Text / Printed Matter Literacy primer for Sindhi Literacy & Evangelism International
Text / Printed Matter Topical Scripture booklets and Bible studies World Missionary Press
Map Source People Group data: Omid. Map geography: UNESCO / GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project  
Profile Source Keith Carey 
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