Ethnic groups in panamaEMBERA-WOUNAAN

REPUBLIC OF PANAMA MINISTERY OF EDUCATION I.P.T. JACOBA URRIOLA SOLIS POWER POINT EMBERA WOUNAAN STUDENT´S NAME YIMAR MELENDEZ ESMERALDA SANDOVAL ELIZABETH MARTINEZ JOSE AVILES YANILEISY CARRASCO LEYSI NIETO TEACHER LORIBELL MORENO SCHOOL YEAR 2014

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• PANAMA OWNS A CENTRAL POSITION. AS A RESULT ,THE COUNTRY PRESENTS A MIXTURE OF ETHNIC DIVERSITY . IT IS IMPORTANT TO

MENTION THAT OUR POPULATION IS A MIXTURE OF DIFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS SUCH AS CAUCASIAN , INDIAS AND BLACKS . THERE ARE TWO

GROUPS OF BLACK PEOPLE , THE AFRO-COLONIAL GROUP AND THE AFRO-ANTILLEAN .FURTHERMORE , PEOPLE FROM OTHET CULTURAL ROOTS SUCH AS ESPANISH , ITALIAN , CHINISE ,HEBREW , HINDU , GREEK , COLOMBIAN ,

AND OTHERS , FROM PART OF OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE. IN PANAMA , THERE ARE THEE MAJOR NATIVE GROUP :GUNAS , NGOBE-BUGLE, AND

EMBERA-WOUNAAN . THE ETHNIC GROUP THAT OWNS MORE HABITANTS IS NGOBE-BUGLE. ALL THESE GROUP PRESERVE THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE

BUT MANY OF THESE GROUP ALSO SPEAK SPANISH.

1.YIMAR:*IT IS A SEMI-NOMADIC INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN PANAMA, LIVING IN THE PROVINCE OF DARIEN AT THE SHORES OF THE CHUCUNAQUES,

SAMBU, TUIRA RIVERS AND ITS WATER WAYS. THEY ARE DIVIDED IN TWO MAIN GROUPS:CHOCOE-WOUNAAN,CHOCOE-EMBERA.

2.ESMERALDA:*OCCUPATION HUNTING

AGRICULTUREFISHING

CERAMICSBASKET MAKERSWOOD CARVING

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3.ELIZABETH:* THE CALABASH TREE IMPORTANT TO THE EMBERA, WHO SCOOP OUT THE TREE´S GOURDS FOR CUPS AND BOWLS , AS WELL AS SPOONS . THEY STILL HUNT WITH SNARES, BLOW GUNS, BOWS AND

ARROWS , AS WELL AS FIREARMS.

4.AVILES:*HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATIONTHEIR HOUSES ARE RAISED OFF THE GROUND ABOUT EIGHT FEET . THE

HOUSES STAND ON LARGE POSTS SET INTH GROUND, AND HAVE THATCHED ROOF MADE FROM PALM FRONDS. THEY USE CANOES AND HORSES AS

MAEN OF TRANSPORT.

5.YANILEISY:*COSTUMES AND TRADITIONSTHECHOCO PEOPLE PRACTICE POLYGAMY AND LIVE IN FAMILY UNITS.

EVERYONE IN THE ILLAGE PITCHES IN IN TO WORK AT HARVEST TIME. IF ONE HUNTER GETS A LARGER ANIMAL SUCH AS A TAPIR {MACHO DE

MONTE}, EVERYBODY IN THE VILLAGE SHARES THE MEAT.

6.LEYSI:*CLOTHINGTHE WOMEN WEAR BRIGHTLY COLORED CLOTH WRAPPED ATTHE WAIST AS A SKIRT.EXCEPT WHEN IN TOWNS, THE

WOMEN DO NOT COVER THEIR TORSOS, AND WEAR LONG, STRAIGHT BLACK HAIR. THE CHILDREN GO NAKED UNTIL PUBERTY, AND NO ONE WEARS SHOES. THEY PAIN THEIR

BODIES WITH A DYE MADE FROM GENIPA AMERICANA, THE BERRY OF A SPECIES OF GENIP TREE.THE MEN SPORT

´´BOWL CUT´´ HAIR STYLES, AND WHEN NOT IN TOWNS, STILL WEAR NOTHING BUT A MINIMAL LOIN CLOTH.

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