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Today, in addition to being firmly controlled by Indigenous peoples, the area remains almost completely undeveloped — an ecological time capsule. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Geography , Environment , Indigenous Peoples

Simplified: The Darién Gap area is controlled by Indigenous peoples and remains almost completely undeveloped.

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it was likely one of the routes by which the Golden People, as the Guna call themselves, made their flight from danger during the colonial era, when they were spread out across eastern Panama and Colo... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Panama , Indigenous Peoples

Simplified: A route through the Darién Gap was likely used by the Guna people to flee danger during the colonial era, when they were spread across eastern Panama...

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Unusual for the Guna, Dequía was of mixed background — his father was Emberá, Panama’s other major Indigenous group, enemies of the Guna in generations past and forest people through and through. 1.000

👤 Ben Ryder Howe 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , People , Panama , Indigenous Peoples

Simplified: The guide, Gerónimo Dequía González, had an Emberá father; the Emberá are another of Panama's major Indigenous groups and were historical enemies of t...

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It was the road to Mordí, the one the men had been cutting by hand for 13 years. 1.000

👤 Ben Ryder Howe 📋 News Article 🏷️ Infrastructure , Panama , Indigenous Peoples

Simplified: As of the author's 2026 trek, Guna men had been cutting a road to Mordí by hand for 13 years.

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The men were open to development, however — as long as the Guna controlled it. 0.900

👤 Ben Ryder Howe 📋 News Article 🏷️ Panama , Indigenous Peoples , Economic Development

Simplified: The author's Guna companions on his trek were open to developing a sacred site, provided that the Guna people controlled the development.

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At the chicha, celebrants consume inna, a sugarcane-based beverage fermented in clay pots. 1.000

👤 Ben Ryder Howe 📋 News Article 🏷️ Culture , Indigenous Peoples , Food and Drink

Simplified: In the Guna 'chicha' celebration, participants consume 'inna', a beverage made from sugarcane that is fermented in clay pots.

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Historically for the Guna, the deep forest is a place inhabited by dangerous spirits, and one that many are still happy to avoid. 1.000

👤 Ben Ryder Howe 📋 News Article 🏷️ Culture , Indigenous Peoples , Beliefs

Simplified: Historically, the Guna people believe the deep forest is inhabited by dangerous spirits, which leads many to avoid it.

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In 1914, however, on the orders of Inabaginya, one of the great Guna chiefs, the place underwent a grueling exorcism — an entire month of chanting. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Culture , History , Panama , Indigenous Peoples

Simplified: In 1914, on the orders of Guna chief Inabaginya, the area of Puerto Escocés underwent a month-long exorcism ritual that involved chanting.

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Chichas are major events that require weeks of preparation and can last for days. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Culture , Rituals , Indigenous Peoples

Simplified: Among the Guna people, chichas, which are female puberty ceremonies, are major events that require weeks of preparation and can last for days.

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The Guna have been building a road through the jungle for 13 years. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Infrastructure , Panama , Indigenous Peoples

Simplified: As of September 2026, the Guna people have been building a road through the jungle in Panama for 13 years.

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Celebrants consume inna, a sugarcane-based beverage fermented in clay pots. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Culture , Indigenous Peoples , Food and Drink

Simplified: During Guna chicha ceremonies, celebrants consume inna, a sugarcane-based beverage that is fermented in clay pots.

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