OK, 1st things 1st, The Giants won the Super Bowl, so I am sad today. Moving on!!!
One of the tribes here in Panama have now had the main highway blocked for about a week in protest over mining on their land. Although it has been disruptive, it has been peaceful. The Ngobe Bugle Tribe are Indigenous peoples to Panama, the Ngobe Buglé (also known as Guaymíe) who live mainly in the mountainous areas of Bocas del Toro, Veraguas, and Chiriqui provinces. This is who they are
The Ngöbe Buglé
Formerly know as the Guaymie, the Ngöbe Buglé inhabit the highlands of Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí and the arid plains of Veraguas. Women wear gowns of bright colors sewn in geometric shapes while men’s dress is basically modern. However, during their ceremonies of balseria, where the strongest triumph, they will dress themselves with exotic bird feathers and paint their faces with geometric shapes, usually black, white and red.They live in huts near rivers or in valleys. The Ngöbe Buglé fish, hunt, raise dogs, cattle, chickens and pigs. Some of their more famous items are chaquiras, bead neckalces of geometric designs and bold colors. The Ngöbe Buglé impose severe punishments for adultery and celebrate a number of annual ceremonies. According to the 2000 Panamanian census, there is a total of 110,080 Ngöbe Buglé Indians in Panama, representing 63.6% of the country's indigenous population. The Ngöbe Buglé Comarca (reservation) was officially created on March 7, 1997, with territory formerly belonging to the provinces of Chiriquí, Veraguas and Bocas del Toro.
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