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WM, protest march, and pre-Columbian bones


Yikes, I'm back!

course I could not even the Fussballenthusiasmus escape, of whom I hear from all corners of the world, from Holland to Brazil, Ghana and Mexico. Here in Panama, despite the lack of national team (the Panameños have not received state ...). Also, we have watched the matches, though in part only by radio - but even in the mountains of the Comarca heard in every mud house the hysterical "GOOOOOOOOL" shouting commentators and should be congratulated at every turn for Germany's last game. People are thrilled football and now that is not a Latin American team over here really to turn many of the Germans to enjoy ourselves and our 4th World Cup title.

Thus one looks in the comarca of the World Cup: on single, tiny black-oriented television with poor reception as the villagers gathered and fever for Germany and her English teacher ;-)

Fifa The Coup (up on the shelf) has already made it to Panama, although not even a national team has come together ... Panama joins the long line of world champion of hearts

The Enthusiasm for this world event was in many countries, exploited by governments to push through unpopular measures. Even here in Panama is the law "9 in 1" of which I had reported before, were waved through at this time in a quiet hour. The legislative package includes several, not really related reforms encountered particularly among the poor on large resistance. The protection of employees of the work-free Sunday has now disappeared, the taxes were increased from 5% to 7%, the controversial hydroelectric power plants with their dams no longer need to be reviewed by the Ministry of Environment. An even more dangerous aspect is the prohibition of strikes, if by a protest to a road is blocked, the Protestants with 2 years in prison. Since this formulation is very open and the police anyway here is like in a developing country, has already shown that many people are intimidated and no longer express their opinions and use a basic right of democracy.
For this reason, various interest groups last week took to the streets to demonstrate. Above all, the activist Larissa again, protesting with a group campesinos and Indians for the environment and against dams.
For Facebook users here a slide show of protest

In the village of El Cobre "in preparing the protest

small and large holds against the injustices in the country
This little marchers a sign that says "For my future and my country,"

The group from the village of El Cobre, where I worked a few weeks

The Ngöbe-Bugle (or as they write themselves Ngäbe-boucle)

Since the protest filed was allowed to the main road and even the Interamericana be (!) will be closed for about a half hour. Here we see labor unions (which are organized in Panama very weak), Indians and Campe immersion protesting against the "sausage" law

My now so cherished education project in the Comarca is drawing to a close. Students have in the past few hours once asked properly and learned to get this weekend its endnotes and now it is only to say next week Adiós ...

One of my Students will be taken apart at the table ...

learning in the only 'real' classroom

The Rest of the teaching takes, such as here in the library instead - for ordinary heat, as you can see from my back. Only without power is no fan in sight ...

The teachers at a conference schedule in the open makeshift classroom

course is also the night life not ended. In "La Colorada", a very famous folkloric village was holding the last week Baile that also has my favorite Típicokünstler Alfredo occurred

The man with the accordion, the looks is so grim, Alfredo - and it seems like I'm trying to dance to the music ... Fail!

Finally today I was on a trip to a Catholic school, when I looked around in the last few days.

strict Catholic school leadership with a Daily schedule of 5 clock in the morning to 7 clock in the evening

Despite all hardship, the school is a good mini-company, in which students from poorer regions of the Apply practical knowledge of agriculture and land management directly

The school day is broken up, however, with many interesting excursions. Here I was invited to an on archaeological excavations in Nata

are on this interactive map all our projects

Pre-Columbian archaeological site in Nata

A grave mound with well-preserved skeletons of the deceased, and sacrificed to the chief

asked that the settlement of the chief Nata have looked at the arrival of the Spaniards

The Panamanian "Mamá" of volunteers between tears and joy in David's farewell

was That's it for now from me - I hope this most multi-media entry was not too much, but I must still get rid of everything that happened here to me.

your Niklas

PS: I dedicate this song nor Germany and all those who are waiting for me there!

"¡Te tengo ganas! :)