The Guna culture is very rich in history as well as beliefs and taboos. In this post, I want to talk about the 7 facts from Guna People.
The insertion of myths and beliefs by our parents in the early stages of our lives has been a teaching mechanism, to give value and respect to situations that we do not understand when we were children. These practices have gradually been lost as they have been replaced by the teaching mechanism of the modern world.

The list is long, but I think the following facts from Guna People are the most important and they have marked me:

1. Forbidding children to play with girls:This prohibition seeks, first of all, to teach respect for women, on the other hand, to avoid having that curiosity from a young age about sexuality and therefore, early pregnancies.
2. Prohibit family members from lying in the hammock during tree felling:This prohibition refers to respect and the value that we must have to work. We can not rest while others do the work in the field and above all expose their lives to the danger that can occur to work in zones of difficult access and the constant threat of dangerous animals.
3. Prohibit young people from approaching women’s restrooms:This becomes more important when girls reach puberty. They are practically isolated in the bathrooms given their condition and are asked for respect and space in this new stage of life.
4. Prohibit looking at the lunar eclipse, it is only allowed to albinos:The children of the moon, as the Gunas Albinos are known, are people who have always been respected because they are believed to have special powers and deserve special treatment. This prohibition exalts the respect we must have of our Albino brothers and their special condition they should receive.
5. Prohibit finger pointing to a rainbow:My mother always told me about this prohibition, I remember saying that if I pointed it my finger would fall and that the rainbow would disappear. Today I understand the message, and it is due to the respect and value that we must have to Mother Earth.
6. Prohibit taking a picture of a Guna:I still hear this in Guna Yala. It is related to the belief that when taking a photo, the soul is stolen from the person who took the photo. The main message is respect for the integrity and privacy of a person.
7. Bath immediately after an earthquake or earthquake:I remember those nights, which took me out of my bed and bathed me in the cold of the night, I was puzzled of what was happening, I started to cry and my parents said that after a tremor or earthquake Souls of those people who had not bathed were stolen by evil spirits. The message cannot be more clear, this is to be alert and awake by any other replica of the earthquake.

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