Chiriqui is the home of the Ngobe-Bugle indians. This tribe was formerly known as the Guaymi.
They are concentrated in the "Comarca (territory) Ngobe-Bugle" which extends from Chiriqui to Bocas del Toro.
The Ngobe Bugle indians are Panama's best known indian tribe after the Kunas of Kuna Yala.
The "Nagua" is the native dress of the Guaymi women.
The Ngobe Bugle are two seperate ethni-linguistic groups (The Ngobe and the Bugle).
They are Panama's most numerous indigenous peoples with a population of about 180,000 Ngobes and 10,000 Bugles.