{"id":12202,"date":"2018-05-22t12:37:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-22t12:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/guna-yala-locals-grasp-at-faith-culture-while-facing-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07t19:39:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07t19:39:37","slug":"guna-yala-community-grasps-at-faith-culture-while-facing-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/guna-yala-community-grasps-at-faith-culture-while-facing-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"guna yala locals grasp at faith, culture, while facing climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"
by colin boyle<\/strong><\/p>\n speckled just north of the vivacious panamanian coastline is a chain of islands facing the threat of disappearing. these are the san blas islands in the caribbean and their daunting fate is not determined by the doing of their inhabitants, rather by the world around them.<\/p>\n the guna people came to the san blas islands to escape spanish colonization and have remained on these islands, though many live in mainland panama and in colombia as well. with their lifestyle inspired by two deities \u2013\u2013 bab dummat (big father) and nan dummat (big mother) \u2013\u2013 the guna have their faith rooted in nature around them.<\/p>\n