Kuna Yala Indians in Panama

From the photographer, Rita Willaert:
We stay on the island of Wichub Wala, located NE of the province of Panama on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The island is tiny. It is full of neat huts. There is a bakery, a supermarket, a restaurant, a large square and a large common covered area with benches. The villagers regularly gather there to make important decisions. The island itself has a village chief and has a community of about a few hundred 'Kuna Yala' Indians. They live from fishing, hunting and tourism. The women sew beautiful decorative cloths, 'the Molas'. The Kuna women have great taste in dressing and adorning themselves with gold jewellery. Their arms and legs are wrapped with colored glass pearls in beautiful decors. They also wear a blouse with puffed sleeves and a typical 'Mola' chestpiece. On top of that a skirt with floral motifs. Some married Kuna women paint a beautiful black line across their face and wear a gold nose clip at the bottom of the nose.