MiCultura reiterates its commitment to support and preserve the culture of indigenous peoples

“Our commitment to culture is to safeguard and promote our roots. That essence that gives us an identity and a sense of belonging as part of a peaceful and noble co-existence with every Panamanian, "expressed the Minister of Culture (MiCultura) Giselle González Villarrué as she announced the development of the Tenth Festival of Fine Art where the expressions of indigenous peoples will be made known through art, knowledge and information.

Following the headquarters of the Municipal Theater, Gladys Vidal, the incumbent of MiCultura emphasized that the organizers have announced the offer of the festival, this August 9 "International Day of Indigenous Peoples" and that for the institution "it's an honor to be part of this important initiative that, for 10 years, youth leaders who have been living in Panama City have been leading with the aim of protecting our identity."

Minister González Villarrué recognized that through the festival she communicates, promotes and keeps alive the "legacy of a valuable diversity, wisdom, science and knowledge that teach us harmony with Mother Earth.

The Minister of Culture called on members of the original nations to turn their cellphones "into a window to dream and transform their environment, into a cellphone workshop" and to immerse themselves "into the wisdom of the ancestral knowledge" workshop to be held in the City of Knowledge, among other activities.

The Sweet Art Festival is characterized by an annual celebration and collection at iconic locations of this capital of the cultural expressions of art and of the tradition of the seven native peoples, such as the gunadules, ngäbe, the buglé, the Emberan people, the Bribri, the Wounaan and the nasos.

For 3 days, Saturday 12 to Sunday 14 August, there will be a number of activities as a literary evening where the literary work "Carlos López Inakeliginya, biographical data" by historian Atilio Martínez, "Circulo de Saberes Ancestrales," "The role of Women in the preservation of identity," workshops and the closure of the Festival that has been occurring since 2013, will be on Sunday 14 at Urraca Park with an artistic, cultural and gastronomic sample of the indigenous peoples.

The Director of Culture of Panama, Genaro Villalaz and the Vice President of the Tenth Festival of the Fine Art, Nailasob Alfaro, participated.