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Jan 2004 Nugar

Emberá Girls *

Emberá Drua


These two girls belong to the Emberá ethnia. The colorful beads they are wearing are mostly for the benefit of the tourists. Normally, they go topless, and in fact wear nothing below the beads. This is normal for all the women in the village.

When I asked how old where they, they answered at unison: "14, but we're already mothers", to indicate that they considered themselves fully grown, no kids here.



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Nugar08-Aug-2004 00:20
Thanks Mary Anne! Yes, they speak Spanish as a second language. I don't know how their language is called, maybe Emberá too.
ctfchallenge07-Aug-2004 21:46
Wonderful color, Nugar. BTW, what language do they speak--Spanish?

Mary Anne