Embera-Wounaan
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The Embera-Wounaan are a semi-nomadic Indigenous people in Panama living in Darién Province on the shores of the Chucunaque, Sambú, and Tuira Rivers and their waterways. The Embera-Wounaan were former
Embera girls in a parade held in Chitré, capital of the province of Herrera, Panama.
Embera dance in front of houses, 2006
Embera woman selling coiled baskets, Panama
Embera man shooting a bow and arrow, 2006
Chocoan languages
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The Chocoan languages are a small family of Indigenous languages spread across Colombia and Panama.
Embera-Wounaan
…and their waterways. The Embera-Wounaan were formerly and widely known by the name Chocó, and they speak the Embera and Wounaan languages, part of the Choco language family. The name Embera means "people". Collectively they are known as the Chocó and can be divided into two major groups: the Emberá, of upper Atrato and San…
Poet and politician Eduardo Cote Lamus on his journey in Río San Juan (Choco, Colombia) in 1958 with some of the people speaking Choco languages