Guna

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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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Guna canonical 8
Guna molas 1
Guna of Guna Yala 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
politicalStatus autonomous Indigenous territory in Panama ⓘ
populationTrend significant migration to mainland urban areas ⓘ
region Darién region ⓘ
linked to: Darién Province

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Madugandí → hasCulturalHeritage → Guna molas ⓘ
linked to: Guna
Dulegaya → ethnicGroup → Guna ⓘ
Guna of Wargandí → hasDialectContinuumWith → Guna of Guna Yala ⓘ
linked to: Guna
Guna of Madungandí → hasAlternativeName → Madungandí Guna ⓘ
linked to: Guna
Dule → endonymFor → Guna ⓘ
Dule → exonym → Guna ⓘ