The Bokota, also called Bogotá
[ or Bugleres, are an indigenous people of Panama. They live in Bocas del Toro and north of ]Veraguas
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''International Work Group for Indian Affairs.'' (retrieved 23 Feb 2011) Bokota live in the same region as the Teribe or Naso Indians. As the 2010 Census, there were 26,871 Bogota living in Panama. They are the smallest tribe in Panama and live in the west of the country.[ Traditionally they spoke the Bokota language, a dialect of Buglere.
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Culture
The Bokota dedicate themselves to livestock, fishing, and hunting. They still use weapons like bows and arrows and spears or fishnets. Men wear shirts of ''manta-sucia'', while women dress similar to the Ngobes. They wear necklaces, facial paint of black and red, and shiny hair combs. They make hats of vegetable fibers, backpacks, baskets, and daily dresses called ''cobo''. They live in round houses on stilts. They are monogamous
Monogamy ( ) is a form of Dyad (sociology), dyadic Intimate relationship, relationship in which an individual has only one Significant other, partner during their lifetime. Alternately, only one partner at any one time (Monogamy#Serial monogamy, ...
, and the Bokotas have often intermarried with the Ngöbe Buglés. There are still fullblood families of Bokota. Many traditional ceremonies are maintained, including the ceremony of lightning, which prevents lightning from striking their houses.
Language
They speak the Bokota language, also called Buglere,[ which is one of the ]Chibchan languages
The Chibchan languages (also Chibchan, Chibchano) make up a language family indigenous to the Isthmo-Colombian Area, which extends from eastern Honduras to northern Colombia and includes populations of these countries as well as Nicaragua, Costa ...
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See also
* Ngäbe–Buglé people
Notes
Indigenous peoples of Central America
Ethnic groups in Panama
Indigenous peoples in Panama
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