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With Danilo Pérez, Panama will display Talento at "Hay Festival of Wales"

With Danilo Pérez, Panama will display Talento at "Hay Festival of Wales"

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Panama will have a great opportunity to place itself at the cultural and artistic level with the presentation of crafts dedicated to its native peoples and with the first production of a Panamanian artist at the Hay Festival in Wales in the UK.

"Panama's Ambassador to the UK, Natalia Royo de Hagerman remarked:" It's a great opportunity for Panama to participate in the Hay Festival, without a doubt culture is an important vehicle for our country's development. "

He is the well known Jazz musician Danilo Pérez, who will represent our country at the Hay Festival of Wales that will be held from May 26 to June 5 confirmed the ambassador of Panama to the UK, Natalia Royo of Hagerman.

Meanwhile, the national master of crafts at the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) Jaime Luna explained that jobs will be shown at the Panama pavilion at Hay Festival by artisan from the seven native groups with an emphasis on the work performed by the Guna, Emberás, Wounaan and Ngäbe- Buglé.

He added that we can see the well-known models, crafts in fibre, chaquiras, embroidery and artisan innovation through old fashion designers with handpainted handheld handheld handheld handheld handheld and that are part of the Creative Economy that drives MiCultura and that show the pre-Columbian culture.

Luna added that it will also be presented at this Festival material with literary content in honor of the beginning of the decade of indigenous languages that is a compendium of children's stories and stories told in indigenous languages.

At this Panama Festival you will display artistic works made with high quality wood and fabric production and as well as dressings from the Panamanian designer Rula Lakas and Jochebebec Desing.