Community of Quebrada Guabo
The community of Quebrada Guabo is located in the Nedrini area of the Ngäbe Büklé region, at the south part of the small town of Susama. It limits to the North with the small town of Hato Chamí in the Nole Duima District; to the East with the small town of Cerro Puerco, part of the Müna District; to the West with the small town of Hato Julí, part of the Mironó District; and finally to the South with the small town of Cerro Iglesia, part of the Nole Duima District.
The inhabitants of Quebrada Guabo belong to the Ngäbe ethnic group. The Ngäbe is an indigenous group who live mainly in the Ngäbe Büklé Region (reservation), which is located among the provinces of Veraguas, Chiriquí and Bocas del Toro. The Ngäbe Büklé reservation was created by Law 10 of March 7th, 1997.
When talking about Ngäbe traditional dress women wear full-length, short-sleeve dresses called naguas that begin at the neck and end at the ankles. It is difficult to confirm their exact origin; it is widely believed that the dresses were introduced by missionaries. The dresses are usually adorned with geometric patterns at the ankles, around the waist and at the sleeve and neck lines. The classic Ngäbe geometric pattern is called dientes, or "teeth", and is said to represent mountains, animal teeth, the flow of the river, or dragon scales.
Men typically wear collared cotton-and-polyester-blend shirts and polyester trousers. Some men wear farmer's hats made out of pita leaves but most wear simple baseball caps. For most of the year, both genders wear rubber boots when traveling due to Panama's heavy rainfall and the lack of infrastructure in the area.
The inhabitants of Quebrada Guabo belong to the Ngäbe ethnic group. The Ngäbe is an indigenous group who live mainly in the Ngäbe Büklé Region (reservation), which is located among the provinces of Veraguas, Chiriquí and Bocas del Toro. The Ngäbe Büklé reservation was created by Law 10 of March 7th, 1997.
When talking about Ngäbe traditional dress women wear full-length, short-sleeve dresses called naguas that begin at the neck and end at the ankles. It is difficult to confirm their exact origin; it is widely believed that the dresses were introduced by missionaries. The dresses are usually adorned with geometric patterns at the ankles, around the waist and at the sleeve and neck lines. The classic Ngäbe geometric pattern is called dientes, or "teeth", and is said to represent mountains, animal teeth, the flow of the river, or dragon scales.
Men typically wear collared cotton-and-polyester-blend shirts and polyester trousers. Some men wear farmer's hats made out of pita leaves but most wear simple baseball caps. For most of the year, both genders wear rubber boots when traveling due to Panama's heavy rainfall and the lack of infrastructure in the area.
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