MiCultura takes you to conduct a virtual tour of the pollera National Festival

Panama, 17 July 2020. The Ministry of Culture (MiCultura), through its Folklore National Directorate, binds itself with the 2020 version of the pollera National Festival with a number of activities that the audience can enjoy through the institution's digital platforms as Youtube and Facebook.

The events that have been organized by MiCultura have been initiated on Wednesday, July 15 with an augment contest from the pollera and nightsittings, where girls and knights of all ages are invited to take a photo properly attested with typical clothing, they put them up to their instagram account by referring to the accounts of @ miculturapma, @ jeweliaanaisanai and @ leoneslt08 with the tags # MyPollerMyCulture # MyysillaMyCulture # MyCultivesHome

For this contest will be taken into account the photos shared up to July 22 at 7pm, and the ladies that participate can use necks from any region of the country. Images with best likes will gain awards from Anais Anais Jewelry and consumer bonds from the Club de Leones de Las Tablas. interested people can check the bases at @ miculturapma

It will be three awards for the pollera and three for the nightsitter, and the crafts behind the winnings will also be awarded. Additional care has been taken to give among the participating children a medal courtesy of the Diaz de Las Tablas family.

On July 18, a distinguished panel of experts will be talking about the "historic background and evolution of the national pollera festival" at 10ham, while on Sunday 19 a chronology will be presented with the aim that the public will know about this convergence of the Santa Librada Civil Festivals with all the contest that will be held as part of the pollera National Festival.

The story about how Santa Librada became the patron of the town of Las Tablas will be the theme to address on Monday, 20 from 10: 00 a.m., in the special "Between History and Tradition," with the participation of the Parrot of this town's church, the musicians Nenito Varga, Jonathan Chavez, Adonis Cárdenas who through his letters highlight that faith and love to this Holy.

To Wednesday, July 22, we will be with the "Value of Panamanian Labour," a hallway of winnings of the Marguerita Lozano medal and with three ladies who have been awarded their best prize as they are: Marielis Varga, Dania María Vergara and Loreine Sánchez with their respective crafts and with their experiences with their production.

The winners of the pollera and nightsittings will be released Thursday, July 23rd at 5: 00 p.m., through social networks at @ miculturapma

Karen Peralta, national folklore director at MiCultura, says that through this virtual tour we have been trying to maintain the living spirit of our culture and traditions, using this technological opportunity to connect with audiences from different parts of the country and the world where we document through his actors's vivid voice this important and interesting information and get to know the content and depth of our festivals.

The details and bases of the contest, as well as the program of activities can be consulted through social networks at the Ministry of Culture, @ miculturapma at Instagram and twitter and Panama's Ministry of Culture on Facebook and Youtube.

The National pollera Festival has been held since 1957, within the framework of the Santa Librada Civil Festivals in the town of Las Tablas. It was officially established by Act 50 of 24 November 1961 and takes place on 22 July of every year and this year as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, MiCultura invites them to maintain the legacy of this holiday but in a virtual manner.