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Emberá Comarca in SE of Panama
Near Colombian Border
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 1029
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Emberá Villages along Rio Sambu
Darien Province
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 888
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Poling Dugout Canoe
Taking plantains to trade
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 556
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Borobichi Village on Rio Venado
Only accessible in rainy season
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 523
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Liana of La Chunga Village
Manikidu's daughter
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 546
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Melanio of Churuco Village
Master canoe carver
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 546
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Dancers in Puerto Indio Village
Dancing to the beat of the drum
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 834
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Edilberto with Bow and Arrow
Traditional hunting
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 515
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Master Canoe Carver
Melanio at work
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 521
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Embera Stilt House
Wide palm leaf eaves keep out rain
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 750
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Climbing Domé into House
Notched log stairway
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 528
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Uldarico, Storyteller from Condoto Village
Traditional male haircut
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 509
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Anatolia, Storyteller from La Chunga Village
Passed away in 2005
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 392
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Pacho, Storyteller from Villa Keresia
Tells of changing times
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 414
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Elio, Storyteller from Villa Keresia
Very animated stories
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 581
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Mariela, Storyteller from Venado
Not many women storytellers
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 485
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Donato, Storyteller of Churuco
Chief of Churuco, too
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 338
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Manikidu, Chief and Storyteller from La Chunga Village
with daughter Yelini
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 391
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Rachel Crandell and Rogelio Cansari
Working on trilingual translations of the Emberá stories
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 478
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Rogelio's Transcription in Emberá
Emberá was not a written language until recently.
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 452
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English Translation Edited for Clarity
Additions explaining cultural details are necessary.
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 432
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Smoothed out English Version
Cultural richness can be lost in translation if not done with care.
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 445
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Spanish Translation of Emberá Story
The trilingual book of their stories will be in Emberá, English and Spanish.
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 424
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Ricardo Cabrera, Cacique of The Comarca
He asked me to record their stories and make a book for them. The art I buy from them pays the translator, the artist and printing.
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 447
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Palm Leaves Stripped and Dyed
Baskets and masks start with natural dyes from forest.
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 455
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Yellow Dyes from Roots
Hours are spent collecting vegetable dyes.
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 439
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Black Dye from Juices of Jagua Fruit
Jagua is also a body paint and mosquito repellent.
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 955
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Deep Red from Cocobolo Bark
Continual experimentation on part of the women yields new colors.
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 496
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Basketmaker in Her House by Her Dye Pot
Multi-tasking mother/weaver/cook
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 419
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A Needle is the Only Item not from the Forest
All other materials are sustainably harvested and will grow back.
Date: 05/08/2007
Views: 450
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