with an assistance from 61, 052 and after his 2023 visits, the National Crafts Fair (FNA) and his second consecutive year by the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura) have been successfully completed and have been leading to commercial exchanges between consumers and artisans with a total of B / .1.047.847.96 in transactions.

Following the results for 2024, it is estimated that the province that made more sales was that of Los Santos, followed by the artisan of the province of Panama, on the same line, among the best selling products were first textiles and the item of jewelry and jewelry at second place.

That great artisan party that brought together more than 400 artisan of all provinces and comarcas, it has been a commercial exchange between consumers and raw material artists and every year it becomes an obligation date that exposes to all public our identity as a country, as reflected in a great variety of articles drawn up in different crafts and consumer activities and complemented with the diversity of our cultural events.

The event that this year was dedicated to "traditional clothing and their handmade techniques" offered a very varied program that included about 15 workshops and contiguations and with respect to the conduct and conduct of their work and to their proper use of their place of work, as well as with respect to regulations with respect to their conduct and their copyright, and with other considerations as to their participation. about 700 people in total.

It should be noted that more than a dozen other training activities and exchanges of experiences focused on entrepreneurship and strengthening of creative and cultural industries have been undertaken and have been put into practice at the atlapa halls as well as at the above mentioned theatres.

In this same line, another aspect to be emphasized are the diversity proceedings they have been held at the fair as a nightclub contest with honor to Edilia Castillo de Vásquez, where the Arcelio González of the province of Los Santos was won. outstanding crafts, prize obtained by Jockzar de Gracia from Colón province with a piece in Mask activity, Traditional clothing (shingles)with a pollera and as an Idalides Córdoba with best play.

At this meeting of artisans we have also chosen a Queen, That for this year she's been with her lady Julia Sandoval of the Monagrillo District of Herrera Province, with Mr. Claudino Sandoval, also from that region of the country who was elected to be carrier of Decor San José, best distinction to the craft track and legacy.

On the other hand, FNA is an opportunity to share the talent and work of different cultural managers dedicated to highlighting our identity through dances, as well as the participation of well-known artists of popular typical music, as were the Beachers, Alejandro Torres, Samy and Sandra Sandoval, Manuel de Jesús Abrego, Manuel Nuñez, Ulpiano Vergara and Nenito Varga, who celebrated 50 years of musical trajectory and received recognition by MiCultura.

Also, the program was about about 150 artistic performances simultaneously at the Huacas and Totumas theatres as well as at the main stage where they entered the stage, folkloric sets, established musicians, folkloric groups, the Panama National Ballet, that offered a great and typical gala in honor of Chavelita Pinzzo and the National Network of Orquestas and Coros, and many more that exhibited his best talent, with his applause from his assistants.

Since 2023, MiCultura established 4 recognitions to honor that cultural legacy of several managers, with Denia Garagate this year craft development and his dedicated to the anarchist folklore, especially at the Festival of the Guapo Torite of Anton, at Research and development to the teacher Norma de Testa, to the musical trajectory Nenito Varga, who did 50 years of his musical career, and his artisan education To Rafael Medina, for his contribution to this discipline.

There were also distinctions for about 30 personalities among researchers, Trovators, mejorana artisan as part of that inmaterial cultural heritage of the nation as well as Panamanian musical legends for their valuable and outstanding musical trajectory between the 80s and 1990s and their performances continue to be heard in different scenarios.

The opportunity was propitious to give a Special recognition to Billy Cobham for his trajectory and his commitment to the evolution of jazz, where she has shown that the rhythms of the Caribbean are a bridge that intersects with her Panamanian heritage, transcending cultural and geographical boundaries.

The National Crafts Fair was also a teaching space for students to get to know more about this cultural heritage of the peoples with their crafts, where We have 728 students from public and private schools, they enjoyed attractions as the "pavilion of experiences" with 12 interactive stations and a kind of tunnel-form immersive museum where through technology they entered throughout the cultural ecosystem that Panama offers.

Similarly, about 674 persons with disabilitiesespecially with reduced mobility, they enjoyed the fair, where they expressed their gratitude for the facilities found to be able to conduct the different spaces offered by this event.

In his closing words, the Minister of Culture, Giselle González Villarrué, invited the public to give a well-deserved applause to more than 400 artisan who sew, knit, shape and make art with their hands and who were part of this trade fair of crafts and emphasized that, in 44 years, this has broken a record of visits.

Also, the highest cultural authority was directed to the public by expressing "my respect to the public that has supported with their purchases and every event of this day filled with emotions, and especially by expressing my gratitude to the whole team of the Ministry of Culture for their commitment to make this event a success."

Just as with 2023, when MiCultura took the reins of organizing this "country event," the artisans were housed at hotels close to Atlapa as well as providing them with other benefits as Wifi connection to have access to electronic payment and transport platforms from their respective provinces and comarcas.

To the public this year, the organisation dedicated two free entrance days, on Wednesday 19 and with an opening and on Sunday 23 during the closure so that the public had the opportunity to enjoy and contribute with the artisan.

The closure of this event was by his popular theme "La Rompecorazones," Alfredo Escudero, accompanied by Leonidas Moreno and his ensemble "Los Montañeros" who put to dance those who were at the Atlapa Convention Center.