Urban Gem expressed at Hip Hop Festival

The followers of the Panamanian freestyle enjoyed urban gender expressions at the Urban Fest that was held on Sunday September 11 at Cathedral Square with the support of the Casco Antiguo (OCA) office of the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) and with about 30 fans and Hip Fup professionals.

The children's category or Kids was the activity with which she initiated this event with 3 children from eight to ten years old showing their skills and steps to capture public admiration and gain respect and best evaluations from the jury, with 9-year-old little "Jfresh" coming out victorious.

The afternoon was with so-called individual and by-team battles in which the Jury at every intervention described aspects as technical and performance, rhythm and musicalization, dynamic, fluidity, transition, originality, movement, knowledge, quantity of steps, transition and dynamism.

"The Flava Urbana Festival has been in existence for 12 years and every year we have seen its growth and what's important is that we have participants from Santiago, Chitre, Chiriquí and other provinces and all this thanks to the support of state sponsors such as MiCultura and private as Reebook, Furniture el Alfarero, Skulland the Panamanian Association of Sport Dance (ABA) among others," said Luis Aguilar, General Director of Flava Urbana.

In addition to best-liked breakdance battles, the audience was able to listen to well-known Panamanian rap exponents as 6 moons, Bueno Afro, Fmkrew, where quality to develop improvisation and lyric was greatly applauded by nationals and foreigners who enjoyed an amusing cultural event.

For his part, Julissa Espinosa, co-ordinator of Social and Cultural Projects at Casco Antiguo emphasized "that for eight years the OCA has been supporting the initiative, because we believe in good projects that express culture at all its manifestations, and as part of that support we get interchange in our projects as workshops among other opportunities."

The event's offer was complemented with the gastronomy of the project Sabores del Barrio, and Mercadito Artesanal where the attendees were able to acquire precious crafts and an excellent menu at good prices. Besides a sample of graffiti, an artistic expression of this genre. The meeting ended with the battle on stage between "Charu" vs. "Maju," leaving victorious "Charu"