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Kuna Indians are known for their decorative art, called molas. Molas are usually
very bright and colorful and are often worn as clothing. Before the missionaries
converted the natives to Christianity, they wore few clothes but decorated their
bodies with colorful designs. When encouraged to wear clothes by the
missionaries, they followed their body painting designs in their Molas, which
they wore as clothing.
The Kuna Indians worship a god named Erragon. They believe that this god came
and died just for the Kuna people. The Kuna Indians were driven off Panama
during the Spanish invasion and they fled in their boats to the 365 islands
around. The chief of all the islands lives on an island called Acuadup, which
means rock island. The Kuna are hunters and fishers, they are a very clean
people and on some of the islands have opportunities to attend school. Most of
the men now speak Spanish, though the women carry on older traditions.
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Access to most of the islands is available via many water taxis for very
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