10 Facts About Guna people

Guna people families are matrilinear and matrilocal, with the groom moving to become part of the bride's family.

Guna people flag was adopted after the 1925 rebellion against Panamanian suppression.

Guna people are famous for their bright molas, a colorful textile art form made with the techniques of applique and reverse applique.

Economy of Guna people Yala is based on agriculture, fishing and the manufacture of clothing with a long tradition of international trade.

Plantains, coconuts, and fish form the core of the Guna people diet, supplemented with imported foods, a few domestic animals, and wild game.

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Guna people have a long deep rooted history of mercantilism and a longstanding tradition of selling goods through family owned venues.

The Guna people have not excised tax when trading goods and place strong emphasis on economic success.

Guna people were living in what is Northern Colombia and the Darien Province of Panama at the time of the Spanish invasion, and only later began to move westward towards what is Guna Yala due to a conflict with the Spanish and other indigenous groups.

The Guna themselves attribute their migration to Guna Yala to conflicts with the aboriginal peoples, and their migration to the islands to the excessive mosquito populations on the mainland.

Guna people have a high incidence rate of albinism, which led to their nickname of "White Indians" in the early 1900s.