A Kuna man with his clan. We've heard the families can range from four to 14 kids!
Typical Kuna dancing was staged the evening before. You must ask Greg to perform a dance for you as he has the melody and rhythm down pat.
It was a much more pleasant village than Nargana, and appeared much cleaner. However, Homers' Odyssey stayed a day later and said, after the Colombian trading boat came in, there was tons of garbage floating in the sea. So, they must throw all their garbage there too. Plastics are not a friend to this area.
Again, the children love to perform for he camera.
More Kuna dancing. Notice the leggings...all beaded and wrapped tightly around the women's lower legs.
The molas they sell to us are really used on the ladies' shirts.
Playing a pan flute and dancing...that's real talent. The Kuna mostly stood while the cruisers (who had paid a small donation for attendance and photo ops) got to sit down. The smart cruisers got there earlier so they could sit on the shadier side of the square.
These are the rebels forming up to overthrow the Panamanian army. They wanted to be self-governing.
Very interesting looking women. They must be so warm in their dresses.
We were asked to wear red, if possible. There was a lot of red amongst the crowd, Kuna and cruisers alike.
Ralph has some fabulous shots of National Geo quality, I think!
These are the main men, or Sailas of Tigre. One on the right is an albino. Because of the inbreeding, there are quite a few albinos. They are revered and thought to have special talents and powers.
The men of Kuna Yala being beaten and taken away to prison.
Ralph got a little bored and wandered off to take some other photos. A pig ready for a roasting at some point. That seems to be their celebratory meal choice.
A Kuna Yala boat yard.
This one needs to go there, it seems!
Meanwhile, back at the rebellion.....boy, was it hot!!!
More beatings!! Some of the kids were actually crying watching the show!
A noble Kuna lady in all her finery.
A close up view of the Kuna albino leader. It must be very hard for them with no sunglasses. Their eyes and skin are so sensitive.
More ulu photos as the rebellion rumbles on!
The rebels finally win over and gain independence!! Thank you God! We wander off through the village. We took some candy in our packs, so we were very popular.
Brian, from Icarian, making some new friends!
George, and his son Josh, from Southern Belle. We socialized a lot with these folks. They really enjoyed monkey golf and Greg became Josh's substitute big brother (since his brothers are the same age).
These cuties were playing in the ulus. We gave them some candy too.
These are wild boar jaws...apparently a trophy of some sort. It's not clear if it signifies a successful hunt or?? We saw them, on several occasions, hanging outside various huts.
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