Ngäbe-Buglé people

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The Ngäbe-Buglé people are an Indigenous group of Panama and Costa Rica known for their distinct language, traditional dress, and communal life in semi-autonomous territories.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people
ethnic group
associatedWith Pan-American Highway migration for seasonal work
coffee harvest seasonal labor
autonomousTerritory Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca
surface form: Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé
continent North America
country Costa Rica
Panama
culturalPractice oral storytelling traditions
traditional music and dance
use of medicinal plants
culturalPreservationEffort bilingual intercultural education programs in Panama
demographics one of the largest Indigenous groups in Panama
ethnonymVariant Guaymí
surface form: Guaymí people

Ngobe-Bugle people
governance local community leaders
regional traditional authorities
hasWritingSystem Latin script for Ngäbere
historicalStatus marginalized Indigenous group in Panama
language Ngäbere language
Spanish language
mainHabitat rural highland areas
tropical forest regions
movement Indigenous rights movement in Panama
neighboringGroup Bribri
surface form: Bribri people

Buglé people
Naso people NERFINISHED
partOf indigenous peoples of the Americas
surface form: Indigenous peoples of Central America
populationCenter Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Costa Rica
Indigenous people of Panama
region Central America
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism
indigenous religion
socialOrganization communal land tenure
extended family networks
threat environmental degradation in their territories
hydroelectric dam projects
land conflicts
traditionalClothing distinctive colorful dresses for women
handmade woven bags
traditionalCraft basket weaving
beadwork
textile production
traditionalEconomy fishing
hunting
small-scale livestock raising
subsistence agriculture

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Guaymí partOf Ngäbe-Buglé people
Panamanian Law 10 of 1997 recognizes Ngäbe-Buglé people
Panamanian Law 10 of 1997 appliesTo Ngäbe-Buglé people
this entity surface form: Ngäbe-Buglé population
Muoy-Bugle hasAlternativeName Ngäbe-Buglé people
this entity surface form: Ngäbere-Buglé (broad ethnolinguistic designation)
Chiriquí Highlands indigenousPresence Ngäbe-Buglé people