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The tribe of the painted bodies

The tribe of the painted bodies

Almost 7,000 indians from the Wounaan settlement share the jungle territory of Darien with their ...

The Emberá and the untamed jungle of Darién

The Emberá and the untamed jungle of Darién

The largest province of the country is covered by a dense tropical jungle which constitutes t...

Kuna live in Paradise

Kuna live in Paradise

The northeastern extreme of the isthmus of Panama there exists a tribe territory consisting o...

The mysterious Buglé

The mysterious Buglé

The Indian Bugle group, is also related to the group Bokotá, with whom they share the ...

The group inhabiting the land of Volcán

The group inhabiting the land of Volcán

The Ngabe group, previously named Guaymí, inhabits the remote regions of the central mount...

The Naso-Teribe drink the water mother nature has to offer

The Naso-Teribe drink the water mother nature has to offer

The Naso population consists of some 3,500 people, living in communities isolated from wester...

The small world of the Bri-Bri

The small world of the Bri-Bri

The reduced Bri-Bri group inhabits isolated communities away of the country’s northeast...

  • The tribe of the painted bodies

    The tribe of the painted bodies

    Tuesday, 04 January 2011 15:08
  • The Emberá and the untamed jungle of Darién

    The Emberá and the untamed jungle of Darién

    Tuesday, 04 January 2011 15:12
  • Kuna live in Paradise

    Kuna live in Paradise

    Tuesday, 04 January 2011 15:17
  • The mysterious Buglé

    The mysterious Buglé

    Tuesday, 04 January 2011 15:19
  • The group inhabiting the land of Volcán

    The group inhabiting the land of Volcán

    Tuesday, 04 January 2011 15:20
  • The Naso-Teribe drink the water mother nature has to offer

    The Naso-Teribe drink the water mother nature has to offer

    Tuesday, 04 January 2011 15:21
  • The small world of the Bri-Bri

    The small world of the Bri-Bri

    Tuesday, 04 January 2011 15:25

The tribe of the painted bodies

Almost 7,000 indians from the Wounaan settlement share the jungle territory of Darien with their brothers Emberá.  The two cultures are very similar in the manner they live, but speak two different languages.  The Wounaan work the same hand crafts as Embera’s with the same extraordinary quality.  Women dress with a colorful squirt only paruma and are usually topless, their bodies painted with intricated designs red and black, designs in reddish and black tonalities they obtain from achiote (special seasoning) and the  dye they extract from a plant named jaguar.  Their settlements are generally located near swamps, wherein they fish and collect shrimps and oysters.  For such purposes they use traps, arc and arrows, lance and blowpipes charged with deadly arrows