Guna people have a high incidence rate of albinism, which led to their nickname of "White Indians" in the early 1900s.
In Guna philosophy, albinos (or "sipu") were given a special place and are considered a special race of people.
They have the specific duty of defending the Moon against a dragon which tries to eat it on occasion during a Lunar eclipse, and only they are allowed to go outside on the night of a Lunar eclipse and to use specially made bows and arrows to shoot down the dragon.
Guna people have a high incidence rate of albinism, which led to their nickname of "White Indians" in the early 1900s. In Guna philosophy, albinos (or "sipu") were given a special place and are considered a special race of people. They have the specific duty of defending the Moon against a dragon which tries to eat it on occasion during a Lunar eclipse, and only they are allowed to go outside on the night of a Lunar eclipse and to use specially made bows and arrows to shoot down the dragon.
Guna people