Ein Besuch bei den Embara

Visit the Embara Tribe

Das indigene Volk der Embera (Emberá) lebt in

Kolumbien und Panama und gehört zur

Sprachfamilie der Chocó.

Es besteht in Kolumbien aus den folgenden

Gruppen:

• Embera del Baudo, Río Atrato, Gemeinde

Juradó, Departamento Chocó

• Chami, am Oberlauf des Río San Juan,

Risaralda, Río Garrapata und Río Sanquinini im

Valle del Cauca, Cristiania und la Sucia,

Antioquia

• Katio, Nordwesten von Antioquia, Ituango,

sowie am Oberlauf von Río Sinu und Río Verde

in Córdoba

• Eperara – Siapidara, am Río Saija, Rio López

de Micay, Río Cauca und Río El Charco, Río

Olaya Herrera in Nariño sowie am Río Naya, Rio

Buenaventura im Valle del Cauca

In den 79 Resguardos mit einer Fläche von

1.497.134 ha leben 71.412 Personen. Diese sind auf

die Departments von Antioquia, Caldas,

Risaralda, Valle del Cauca, Cauca, Nariño,

Putumayo und Caquetá verteilt.

The Embera–Wounaan is a semi-nomadic

indigenous people in Panama, living in the

province of Darien at the shores of the

Chucunaque, Sambu, Tuira Rivers and its water

ways. The Embera-Wounaan were formerly

and widely known by the name Chocó, and they

speak the Embera and Wounaan languages, part

of the Chocoan language family.

The name “Embera” means “people.” Collectively they are known as the Chocó and

belong to two major groups: the Embirá, of upper Atrato and San Juan Rivers, and

the Wuanana of the lower San Juan River. The Emirá are also known as the Atrato,

Bedea, Cholo, Darién, Dariena, Eberá, Emberá, Emberak, Emperia, and Panama Emberá

people. The Waunana are also known as the Chanco, Chocama, Noanama, Noenama,

Nonama, Wounaan, or Wound Meu people. A third group of Chocó are called the

Catío, who are also called the Embena, Epera, Eyabida, or Katio people.

Fotos: David Ashley

Dario Endara