|
Most ads are interactive -- click on them to visit the folks who make The Panama News possible
|
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
community
Also in this section:
Antillean Fair 2005
Casita de Mausi builds alliances
Leslie George, who more or less keeps the Panamanian calypso scene going these days
(That's Panama City's 24th West Indian Fair, for those of you who don't read the Spanish language or Roman numerals)
XXIV Gran Feria Antillana
by Eric Jackson
As usual, the main fundraiser for the Society of Friends of the Afro-Antillean Museum of Panama (SAMAAP), the Antillean Fair, took place on the museum grounds on Carnival Saturday and Sunday. What was unusual was the larger attendance, both by local residents and visitors from the USA.
"Lua Capoeira," practitioners of an african genre that mixes dance and the martial arts
Umoya, a dance troupe that does traditional stuff from Senegal and Guinea
The next generation, gaining an appreciation of things cultural
Many arts are practiced at the Antillean Fair
It seems that the secret has something to do with spices in the batter
Panama's ultra-foxy black queen, Stephanie Ceballos
Visiting royalty from New York
Her Majesty Joaida I, the 2004 SAMAAP queen, about to hand over the scepter
Miriam Lee, the SAMAAP Queen for 2005
If God hadn't intended for you to shake a tail feather, he wouldn't have given you one in the first place
This year's crowd was bigger than in the past, drawing isthmian residents of all ethnicities and a lot of visitors
from abroad, particularly US residents of West Indian descent who trace roots through Panama
The Grupo Amistad keeps up that calypso beat behind Leslie Gorge's vocals
In some of the Caribbean countries composing calypso tunes is part of the public school
curriculum, but here it's mainly an art form practiced by older generations
News | Business | Editorial | Opinion | Letters | Arts | Review | Community | Fun | Travel
Unclassified Ads | Calendar | Outdoors | Dining | Science | Sports | Español | Front Page
Archives
|
