What is the Kuna language called?
Kuna is a Chibchan language spoken in southeastern Panama and northwestern Colombia by about 50,000 people. There are two varieties of this language. One is known as Kuna, Cuna, San Blas Kuna or Island Kuna, and the other is known as Border Kuna or Mountain Kuna.
Where is Guna spoken?
The Guna language is spoken by around 60,000 people in Panama and Colombia and is fairly robust within Panama due to the fact that the people were granted some level of cultural autonomy in the early 1900s after the Tule Revolution.
Who are the Kunas in Panama?
The Kuna are an ethnic group that inhabits the remote and idyllic San Blas Islands that lie between Panama and Colombia. Known for their colorful embroideries and fiercely independent way of life, the Kuna are a small yet proud community of around 300.000 people.
Are the Gunas from Honduras?
The Guna, in the language itself spelled Kuna prior to a 2010 orthographic reform, are an Indigenous people of Panama and Colombia.
What is Guna tribe?
The Guna, in the language itself spelled Kuna prior to a 2010 orthographic reform, are an Indigenous people of Panama and Colombia. In the Guna language, they call themselves Dule or Tule, meaning “people”, and the name of the language is Dulegaya, literally “people-mouth”.
Where did the Kunas live?
San Blas islands
Kuna live mainly on the San Blas islands and in some settlements on the Colombian border at the edge of the Darién National Park.
What do Kuna people do for a living?
The principal effects of European contact were to destroy the political superstructure of the Kuna and to modify the social and religious systems. In modern times they live in small villages and depend primarily on agriculture for subsistence, supplemented by fishing and hunting.
What are the 3 Gunas?
There are three gunas, according to this worldview, that have always been and continue to be present in all things and beings in the world. These three gunas are called: sattva (goodness, calmness, harmonious), rajas (passion, activity, movement), and tamas (ignorance, inertia, laziness).