Molas were originally used as part of the women’s blouses. Molas are traditionally made and worn by the Kuna women and girls in pairs to serve as front and back panels of the blouses they wear everyday. Nowadays they are also sold to collectors and framed and exhibited.

Guna women have been making mola panels for about a century and their traditional purpose was to decorate functional items of clothing. Today, mola panels are sold to tourist and collectors to be used in fashion, decoration, and as art. Mola panels have become an important economic resource for Guna women.

Some of the oldest molas are between 150 and 170 years old. In the past 50 years, they also started to depict realistic and abstract designs of flowers, sea animals and birds. However, the much more traditional geometric designs are still widely produced.

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The quality of a mola is determined by such factors as the number of layers, fineness of the stitching, evenness and width of cutouts, addition of details such as zigzag borders, lattice-work or embroidery, and general artistic merit of the design and color combination.

Meaning of Mola Symbols Mola motives have their origin in body painting like they are still used by many indigenous groups of Latin America. A main concept in Molas is to leave as little unworked space as possible as the Kunas believe that evil spirits can settle in the free spaces.

The technique is sometimes referred to as reverse applique. Molas can often have as many as four colored layers of cloth with extra color pieces and embroidery accents added.

Unique Traits. Sunfish, or mola, develop their truncated, bullet-like shape because the back fin which they are born with simply never grows. Mola in Latin means “millstone” and describes the ocean sunfish’s somewhat circular shape. They are a silvery color and have a rough skin texture.

The mola or molas, forms part of the traditional outfit of a Kuna woman in Panama. The full costume traditionally includes a patterned wrapped skirt (saburet), a red and yellow headscarf (musue), arm and leg beads (wini), a gold nose ring (olasu) and earrings in addition to the mola blouse (dulemor).

All jellyfish, and the Ocean sunfish are such feeble swimmers that they too are included as plankton. Most of the plankton in the ocean are plants.

Ocean sunfish

While the European Union has banned the consumption and sale of sunfish, some areas they are still present are Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. They are rather thick and can grow quite heavy, making them a good fish for eating purposes. However, due to the lowered numbers, the fish is now considered a delicacy.

VERDICT. False. There is no evidence to show bluegills are dangerous. They are a popular sport fish and eaten by many in the U.S.

Most sunfish have similar characteristics, sometimes making identification difficult. Superficially, they resemble a bluegill. However, if a sizable population of green sunfish becomes established in your pond, you can usually expect small fish size and very aggressive fish that bite swimmers.

Bluegill Taste. Both these fish are pretty. Most anglers agree that Bluegill taste slightly better. They have more fIavor and their flesh is firmer and flakier.

The bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) is a member of the sunfish family. This family of fish contains many species, including bass and crappie. Bluegill and other sunfish, sometimes called bream, are often incorrectly referred to as perch. Perch belong to a separate family of fish not related to bluegill or other sunfish.