Panama tourism garden of life experience, where enbeila will go to, where crafts are everywhere. Panama national population has more than 3 million, comprising mainly Indo-Afro-mestizo and indigenous peoples has 6, account for about 10% of the population, including Embe 20,000. Drove out the din of Panama City, about an hour to chageleisi River, to visit deep in the jungle of Panama Aboriginal —— Embe pull people.
Two dark complexion, physically strong young men on the shore to meet us. They are naked from head to foot, waist-only surrounding a multicolored beads into a skirt, a mountain of cloth hung small abdominal straps hidden shame, mouth “ blah blah ” called to welcome us.
Young man led us on a pirogue. Canoe real, is a complete tree trunks with a dig dig into more than 10 metres long, the bows pointed, Stern fitted with the engine. Guy a standing bow, armed with a long wooden pole, one of the stood Stern, hand lever of the engine. Young man with a long pole gave a brace of bow, ship or offshore, in the roar of the engine, ships like arrow of takeoff breaker line.
A little boat on the shore. On a high bank on the shore, a group of men blow bamboo flute, knocking wood drums, bamboo shoots, turtles and coconut shells, a group of women shouting, echoed synthesis of song of songs in the River. Tribal chiefs Antonio is a man of more than 50 years, he enthusiastically describe the local situation: “ we are Embe people, our tribe called the tuxibonuo, 20 households, and 72 people, living in the jungle on both sides of the Chagres River, there are also 3 other enbeila tribes. The past, we mainly rely on fishing and hunting and mining of fruit for a living, some bananas, maize and cassava. We live in the high house built with trunks and palm leaves, this beast and flood-proof, moisture-proof. We men before the small stomach with long strips of red and yellow are called ‘ wayougu ’, to hush up a scandal, can also wipe the sweat away, hand. No cotton in the past, be separated from the bark of the wear, such as bark mats, shop and sleep on the floor. ”
In order to protect the natural environment, in October 1984, Panama as the Chagres River basin national parks, nature reserves 129,000 hectares, is Panama's largest and most important nature reserve. Since then, Embe people's lives changed, tourism gradually became their main source of income. Now the tourism project on the existing water boating, playing under the waterfall, also well Bella people such as music and dance performances and food tasting. Antonio said happily: “ our tribe every year nearly 6,000 visitors, revenue can fully meet the needs of tribal, days are much better than in the past. ”
About Embe people place, eyes full of rugged style handicrafts, carved wooden, useful in a variety of animal model of slim soft cane grass woven faceplate and wreaths. It is said that these colorful colors, are natural dye. Chief said, enbeila man is a master of natural sculpture, knitting masters of woman is born. In order to protect the forest, they built wooden carving is no longer cut trees, but with the natural death of the tree when carving material.
More good news is, Embe people pulling the children on the school. School in a village not far, teacher Spain language and enbeila language teaching. Figure xibonuo tribe is currently out of the two college students, we called Gilbe LAD was one of the pole. Gilbe 22 years of age, at Panama University, he is going to back to the tribe after graduation, helping home and do a better job of tourism.
In a high room, one old lady just sit on is currently using cane grass weaving faceplate, a pair of green parrots perched on the beam, is kissing each other and combing the feathers.
&Amp;ldquo; enbeila ” is “ good ” 、 “ good friends ” meaning. Embe people through new production methods, and their wisdom, in harmony with nature, nature conservation “ good ”.
