cat boanerges

Palm-ornaments for the initiation rite of young girls

In this hut the young girls will stay some days before the are initiated

The woman are preparing food for the evening to come

visitor from another island

She is prepared and likes to be photgraphed

Yoidi with her kid

Yoidi, was stunned when she did see herself on this photo. The rest of the island too

The music sailas will be singing on the rhythm of music

Only at Chicha parties alcohol is permitted. But the congreso can not enforce this. So the backer sells beer

Gringo TV is here too

The old saila and Cebaldo (blue shirt) are communicating with the gods. The wife interferes.

The city kuna-girl wears a sailas hat. That is not done. Old values deteriorate due to the Panama City Kuna's

The women go together to the sea to pee, the local transvestite joins

Dancing for hours

Each puppet has a soul and protects its owner. These are rarely shown to strangers

Half of the house of Remisky is removed in one day, while inhabited by bad spirits

Ornaments made for a ceremony to fend of bad spirits. The shaman forbid me to set foot on the island those days

Preparing for the ceremony of expelling bad spirits

After the ceremony, I did not see any of the ornaments. I expect they were burned