Guna

E352691
Indigenous people ethnic group

The Guna are an Indigenous people of Panama and Colombia known for their autonomous island communities, vibrant molas (textile art), and strong preservation of traditional culture.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Guna canonical 6
Guna molas 1
Guna of Guna Yala 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Cuna ⓘ
Kuna ⓘ
artForm reverse appliqué molas ⓘ
artMarket sale of molas to tourists ⓘ
climateIssue vulnerability of low-lying islands to sea-level rise ⓘ
clothing beaded leg and arm bands ⓘ
molas worn by women ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
cosmology complex oral tradition ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
culturalPractice body painting ⓘ
matrilineal kinship elements ⓘ
matrilocal residence ⓘ
nose piercing ⓘ
use of gold jewelry ⓘ
culturalPreservation maintenance of Guna language ⓘ
maintenance of traditional dress ⓘ
resistance to cultural assimilation ⓘ
demography small island settlements ⓘ
environment Caribbean Sea islands ⓘ
coastal mainland forests ⓘ
governance community decisions made in congress ⓘ
historicalEvent 1919–1925 conflicts with Panamanian authorities ⓘ
1925 Guna Revolution in Panama ⓘ
surface form: 1925 Guna Revolution
knownFor autonomous island communities ⓘ
molas ⓘ
preservation of traditional culture ⓘ
textile art ⓘ
language Guna language ⓘ
languageFamily Chibchan languages ⓘ
oralTradition chants led by sahilas (leaders) ⓘ
politicalOrganization Guna General Congress (language commission) ⓘ
surface form: Guna General Congress
politicalStatus autonomous Indigenous territory in Panama ⓘ
populationTrend significant migration to mainland urban areas ⓘ
region Darién Province ⓘ
surface form: Darién region

Guna Yala ⓘ
San Blas Islands ⓘ
northwestern Colombia ⓘ
resultOfEvent recognition of Guna autonomy in Panama ⓘ
rightsIssue land and sea rights protection ⓘ
socialStructure village congress houses ⓘ
traditionalEconomy coconut trade ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalReligion Guna religion ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Darién Province → indigenousPeoples → Guna ⓘ
Madugandí → hasCulturalHeritage → Guna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guna molas
El Porvenir → hasLocalLanguage → Guna ⓘ
San Blas Islands → ethnicGroup → Guna ⓘ
Dulegaya → ethnicGroup → Guna ⓘ
Guna of Wargandí → hasDialectContinuumWith → Guna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Guna of Guna Yala
Guna of Wargandí → ethnicGroup → Guna ⓘ
Guna of Madungandí → ethnicGroup → Guna ⓘ
Guna of Madungandí → hasAlternativeName → Guna ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madungandí Guna