Barefoot indigenous people in colourful traditional costumes welcome village visitors with dance and music. It’s the sort of presentation that makes you think of fake authenticity, a touristy folkloric showtime. The setting is Parará Purú, a settlement of the Emberá people, located in Panama’s interior in the Chagres National Park above the banks of the Río Chagres, which feeds the legendary Panama Canal. Piraguas, motorized wooden boats, are the only means of transport in the area. Of course, many of the Emberá people are focussed on the money that tourism brings. But Anel Zarco puts a differ…