Ethnicity kunas
The Kuna came to present territory of Colombia from Panama as part of the last
Chibcha migration eastward. Uraba inhabited the region and other areas
Antioquia and Caldas limited to the arrival of Spanish conquistadors.
The first Spanish expeditions of conquest in Antioquia were Alonso de Ojeda,
and Vasco Núñez de Balboa. These expeditions, during 1500 and 1501, toured the Caribbean Coast
Colombia and the Gulf of Uraba. The latter were established all over quite some time and was
where they came into contact with the Kuna Indians.
There is broad consensus Kuna migration from the forests of the eastern Darien
wet and northern Antioquia Colombia to San Blas, Panama, because of its wars with its
Catío enemies, but mostly because of bad treatment they handed the conquerors
Spanish, a situation whereby the Kuna would ally himself with the expeditionary then English,
against the Spanish.
They allied themselves with the pirates by hiding them in the rivers of the area to attack
the Iberians, a threat that the Crown would respond with a royal order to extinguish the Kuna.
The mole is the traditional dress of the Kuna women inhabiting the Panamanian Caribbean and part of
Colombia. The mola is a reverse application of fabric on fabric in bright colors,
sewn stitch by stitch. His teaching is passed down from generation to generation of children.
Women do this work of art while listening to traditional singing of the guides
political and spiritual (Sailagan) at the home of Ibeorgun (prophet kuna) in their free time
or while waiting under the coconut palms to their comrades who have gone back to work on land
firm, fishing or hunting. Molas are the traditional geometric designs, the
stylized forms of flora and fauna and the collective or individual interpretation of the traditions
contained in the oral literature of the nation. These designs can be repeated over and over
time since its purpose is to preserve the memory of the people coletiva. But always
present new innovations and the ability of each artist.
According to oral history Kuna mola comes from "Galu Metesorgit", a sacred site located in one dimension
Mother Earth (Nabguana), invisible to all be common and that is shaped jar base.
In the "Galu Metesorgit" living beings cotton. A great seer or call nele Kikadiryai brought the mola
This site was later perfected by another call Naguegiryai nele, who visited the "Galu Dugbis"
where they originate Kuna gear and headed the firefly. The materials were changed and
rising with the passage of time - to be painted on the body, plant fibers, fabrics
cotton and sewn in cloth brought by the European invaders.
In 1925 the Panamanian government sought to change traditional ways of life of the Kuna violently
with the "civilizing the savage tribes." He tried to eliminate the forms of government,
language and ceremonies, including the mole. This causes the organization and edification in arms
Kuna nation in the "Tule Revolution of 1925" lead by Nele Kantule, Colman and many
more. Proclaimed the independence of the Republic Tule - that from that moment, the Kuna have
one of the most autonomous territories within a state in this continent called Abya Yala (the Americas)
by the Kuna. In Kuna Yala, Kuna territory, kept alive the teachings of Ibeorgun, such as
unity (guamakale) brotherhood (guenatiguale), solidarity, and love and the defense of Mother Earth.