The Bora people have been related to the Murui-Muinanɨ and Ocaina peoples because they share a history and have some common cultural practices. In our country, the Bora are the only indigenous people whose language belongs to the Bora linguistic family.

The Bora are known, among other things, for the use of a communication system that served to transmit messages over long distances between large multi-family houses. To do this, they used the manguaré, a communication instrument that is based on two drums and mahogany mallets and with which they emit sounds with tones similar to those of the Bora language.

The Bora people live mainly in the northeastern area of ​​the Loreto department, near the border with Colombia. According to the results of the 2017 national census, due to their customs and ancestors there have been 1,151 people who have self-identified as part of the Bora people at the national level; and due to the field work carried out by the Ministry of Education, 748 people have stated that they speak the Bora language. In addition, data obtained by the Ministry of Culture, the population of the communities of the Bora people is estimated at 781 people.