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Panama enriches its heritage with 40 new Folklore specialists

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Panama enriches its heritage with 40 new Folklore specialists

Panama enriches its heritage with 40 new Folklore specialists

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Panama, November 17, 2025. - Panama has 40 new specialists at Folklore, with his diploma attested to them as "Superior Technician at Folklore." The event was held at the Herbert Theater of Castro at the City of the Arts. Professor Aristides Burgos, national director of artistic education, on behalf of the Minister of Culture, María Eugenia Herrera, congratulated new technicians and called them to continue their professionalism at the root of our culture.

The graduates studied at the National School of Folklore Dora Pérez of Zárate of the town of Las Tablas and in the group are included four foreign students who have been motivated to study our customs and traditions and with their partners have been awarded their title. "You chose the school as your training house, you enrich our culture, and culture brings peoples with you for bringing our identity to your peoples and bringing his to our people" Reported Professor Aristides Burgos.

Professor Burgos explained that in 1988 it was impossible to think that there would be formal folklore studies, "it's been a very long process, here's a generation that took him 2 and 3 years to complete his studies and we know that this will expand," he concluded.

They accompanied Professor Burgos at the main table, Lesbia Samaniego, head of the National School of Folklore Dora Pérez at Zárate and Dayra Santana at the Ministry of Education.

The director of artistic education, Aristides Burgos at the creator and founder of the National Folklore School Dora Pérez de Zárate, with headquarters at Las Tablas and regional level at Chiriquí, Colón and Panama West.