Ethnie in Panama - Kuna, Naso, Embera, Guaymi, Wounaan (English, German, Paperback)

Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: The Embera and the Wounaan (or Waounan) are two distinct indigenous groups that inhabit eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia. The two groups were formerly lumped together and widely known by the name "Chocos," "Chocoe" or "Choco-Indians" because of their autochthonous origins in the Pacific coastal Province of Choco in northwestern Colombia. They live in small isolated native villages mostly in the Darien Province of Panama along the Pacific coast opposite the Pearl Islands, and along the many tributary watercourses of numerous rivers, including the Chucunaque, Sambu, Tuira, Jaque, Balsas, and Sabana Rivers; and along the tributaries of the San Juan River in Colombia. Due to the natives' ubiquitous presence in an otherwise lightly populated jungle wilderness, as well as their cultural similarity, late nineteenth century Colombian anthropologists lumped the two cultures under the common rubric of "Chocoe." That inadvertent scientific error has caused substantial confusion about the two distinct groups for nearly 150 years. While linguistically their native languages may contain up to 30 percent cognates, the spoken languages are mutually unintelligible to indigenous Wounaan and Embera. It is estimated that the two languages diverged approximately 800 to 1200 years ago. Their similarity is roughly equivalent to modern English and German. Panamanian census counts estimate that there may be around 9,000 Wounaan and 22,000 Embera in that country. Population numbers in Colombia reportedly may exceed those numbers for both groups. Note: The Wounaan and Embera peoples have long shared the same territory and their recent history and present culture is similar, so this general information shall serve for both groups. This is not to downplay the distinctions of the two, for they speak separate languages, their traditional roles --The Wounaan were artists, and the Embera warriors--set them ap...http: //booksllc.net/?l=d