REPUBLIC OF PANAMA

MINISTERY OF EDUCATION

I.P.T JACOBA URRIOLA SOLIS

«ENGLISH COPYBOOK»

ESTUDENT NAME:

MARLIN MOGORUZA

JULIO BATISTA AVIDEL CUEVAS

DIANIRIS HIGUERA

GROUP: 8CH 2014

ENGLISH TEACHER LORIBEL MORENO

ACHIEVEMENTTHROUGH THE ESTUDY OF THIS INFORMATION YOU WILL BE

ABLE TO RECOGNIZE DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUP FROM PANANAMA

AND THEIRN WAY OF LIVING TO DETERMINE THE INPORTANCE OF

THEM IN THE PANAMANIAN CULTURE PANAMA OWNS

A CENTRAL POSITION AS A RESULT THE COUNTRY PRECENTS A

MIXTURE OF ETHNIC DIVERCITY IT IS INPORTANT TO MENTION

THAT OUR POPULATION IS A MIXTURE OF DIFERENT ETHNIC GROUP

SUCH AS CAUCASIAN INDIANS AND BLACKS THERE ARE TWO

GROUP OF BLACKS PEOPLE THE AFRO – ANTILLEAN FURTHERMORE

PEOPLE FROM OTHER CULTURAL ROOTS SUCH AS SPANISH , ITALIAN,

CHINECE, HEBREW HINDU GREEK COLOMBIAN AND OTHERS FORM

PART OF OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE IN PANAMA THERE ARE THEREE

MAJOR NATIVE GROUP GUNAS NGOBE BUGLES AND EMBERA WOUNAAN

THE ETHNIC GROUP THAT OWNS MORE HABITATS IS NGOBE BUGLES

ALL THESE GROUP PRECERVE THEIR NATIVE LANGUAJE BUT MAN OF

THESE GROUP ALSO SPEACK SPANISH

ETHNIC GROUPS IN

PANAMA

GUNAS

GUNAS

THE VAST MAJORITE OF GUNA

INDIANS LIVE IN

THE SAN BLAS

ISLANDS

OCCUPATIONS

GUNAS:

PRACTICE AGRICULTURE THEY PLANT COM

PLANTAINS BANANAS CACAO COCONUTS AND

OTHER PRODUCTS THEY PRACTICE FISHING

AND HURTING SLASH AND BURM FAMING

THEY SALE HAND SEWN ITEMS (MOLAS)

REARING OF HENS AND PIGS

HANDYCRAFTS

women are dedicated to

make hammocks molas and

belts men make baskets hats

fans and theydo wood carving

CLOTHING

Women Wear Skirtsis And Shirts

With Molas Knotted At The Waist

The Mola Is A Traditional Form Of

Textile Art Made Molas Are Sew

Textile Panels With Complex Designs

And Multiple Layers Men Wear Plain

Colored Shirts Trousers And Hats

HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION

Theirs Homes Are Built With

Straw And They Are Hut

Shaped Their Means Of

Transportation Are Canoes Boats

And By Foot

CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS

They Practice

Monogramy Parents

Arrange The Marriage

The Night Festival Or

Inna Mutiki Is Feast In

Order To Celebrate A

Wedding Or A New

Marriage

ILLUSTRATIONS

HANDYCRAFTS

LOCATION

HOUSING

TRANSPORTATION

CLOTHING

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