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Boys in bright shirts play pan pipes, while girls wearing molas shake maracas.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025

Magdalena sits with her granddaughter, teaching her to sew molas.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025

On Gardi Sugdub, women who make the elaborately embroidered molas worn by Guna women hang them outside their homes when finished, trying to catch the eye of visiting tourists.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2024

Unlike most fish, molas use their dorsal and anal fins to propel their huge, hulking bodies through the water, which they do slowly and haphazardly.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2022

But perhaps the most wonderful morning was one we spent with a Guna family who arrived with a boatload of molas, the magnificent embroidered handicrafts for which the Guna women are known.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022