Indigenous Culture

The Ngobe still live in their traditional lifestyle. Bocas del Toro is a beautiful cultural melting pot. Here you can find Afro Caribbean people that immigrated from Jamaica, San Andres and other Caribbean islands during the past centuries. Also one can still find beautiful indigenous from different tribes, being the Ngobe the most abundant. Other tribes are Teribe, Guaymi, Bri Bri, Cuna ( immigrated from San Blas Islands ) .

The islands of Cristobal and Popa still have people living in their original lifestyle. Ngobe build their homes from Palm Tree Leaves ( The roofs ) and from a special wood called Jira. They are currently very poor. Most of them live from small impact fishing and women take care of the home duties. However, some women make beautiful crafts sometimes fro sale in the islands.