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 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 people ⓘ
linked to: Guaymí

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 people ⓘ
linked to: Bribri

Buglé people ⓘ
Naso people ⓘ
partOf Indigenous peoples of Central America ⓘ
populationCenter Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca ⓘ
recognizedAs Indigenous people of Costa Rica ⓘ
Indigenous people of Panama ⓘ
region Central America ⓘ
religion 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guaymí → partOf → Ngäbe-Buglé people ⓘ
Panamanian Law 10 of 1997 → recognizes → Ngäbe-Buglé people ⓘ
Panamanian Law 10 of 1997 → appliesTo → Ngäbe-Buglé population ⓘ
linked to: Ngäbe-Buglé people
Muoy-Bugle → hasAlternativeName → Ngäbere-Buglé (broad ethnolinguistic designation) ⓘ
linked to: Ngäbe-Buglé people
Chiriquí Highlands → indigenousPresence → Ngäbe-Buglé people ⓘ
Volcán Barú → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Ngäbe-Buglé people ⓘ
Talamanca mountain range → homeTo → Ngäbe-Buglé people ⓘ
Mama Tata → peoplePracticing → Ngäbe-Buglé people ⓘ
Buenos Aires Canton → hasEthnicGroup → Ngäbe-Buglé people ⓘ