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17 Νοε 2021 · Grooms move into the brides’ home and take their names. And it’s the women who create, wear, and sell elaborate, colorful molas, an enduring symbol of Guna independence.
4 ημέρες πριν · La mola is a textile ode to the soul of the Kunas, a symphony of colour and form. Each piece echoes a thousand-year-old history, a bridge between yesterday and today, and a tribute to the strength and ingenuity of the Kunas women.
Kuna woman selling Molas in Panama City. The Mola or Molas is a hand-made textile that forms part of the traditional women's clothing of the indigenous Guna people from Panamá and Colombia.
Molas are simple yoke-type blouses richly decorated by intricate needlework. Mola can mean the blouse that is daily wear for Guna (previously spelled Kuna or Cuna) women but most often refers to its front or back panel. They have been made for about a century.
THE GUNA/KUNA MOLAS FROM THE SAN BLAS ISLANDS. The mola, in Spanish la mola (plural las molas) is a hand-made, multi-layered cotton panel whose complex designs are achieved via different techniques, such as appliqué, reverse appliqué, and embroidery.
The women wrap their lower legs and forearms in long strands of tiny beadwork (wini, in Spanish tubelleras), forming colorful geometric patterns. Muñequeras (left) and perneras (right), called wini in Dulegaya, are all made of glass beads threaded on cotton.
13 Δεκ 2019 · Molas are often described as being a traditional craft of the Kuna women; however, they have only been part of Kuna culture since the mid-1800s with the introduction of scissors and needles from the Spaniards. A quick review of traditional themes, Kuna culture and outside influences.
