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The Casco Antiguo will host the weekend of the Fest of Doom

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The Casco Antiguo will host the weekend of the Fest of Doom

The Casco Antiguo will host the weekend of the Fest of Doom

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On Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 April, the Casco Antiguo of Panama City will be the stage of the third National Fest of devils with the participation of different groups of devils representing different provinces of Panama.

The great devil's dance and La Chorro's dance are scheduled among the participants. The dirty diablicos's dance are scheduled from La Villa de Los Santos and the cucuba devils from San Miguel Arriba from Penonomé and the Portobelo's Mirrors and different delegations from Tun Tun Dan from both Panama and Colón.

A total of about 400 dancers are expected to participate in this event that will be organized for the third consecutive year, choosing once again the Casco Antiguo as a place for this folkloric program that will start both days at 10: 00 a.m..

For the benefit of interested parties, we have detailed that on Saturday 6 from 2: 00 p.m. there will be the Folkloric grouping Roots and Culture of Panama with a show that includes devils of mirrors, congoes and devils of tug and will participate as guest the "Palante es Pa'ya" Tuca from Chiriquí.

While on Sunday 7, from 1: 00 will start the great parade of devils delegations from Santa Ana's park and then walk some of the streets of Casco Antiguo and dance at Independence Plaza, where other complementary activities will be focused, such as the sale of crafts, Tears of the Quarter, cultural presentations and a model with representative statues of devils.

Alexander Alarcón, co-organizer of this festival, stated that "this year we have complete certainty that we will get beyond what we did last year and that next year will be even better" and detailed that efforts will be made so that the organisation of the National Fest of Hell will be protected by a law. "