Methodology: Within the Embera world, the selection of the nokoras is democratic where men and women can apply. The dynamic is very simple: In the communal or traditional house, a local general assembly is called to elect its leader and the plenary proposes the candidates, according to the requirements and profiles of the election commission for a period of 3 or 5 years.
The candidates present themselves to the plenary session and explain why they want to be noko, then the candidates stand up in the center of the cultural house and the members of the voting plenary stand behind the candidate of their preference and the election commission does the counting and the The one with the highest number of votes is 1st. Noko and The Second who obtained the most votes is consecrated as 2nd. Noko.
