Diablos & Congos Festival

You gonna let him grab your soul? Photo by GECU

Diablos & Congos Festival

Saturday, March 14

Portobelo, Colon Province

At the colonial Customs House, the plaza in front of the Church of the Black Christ and vicinity (it having been decided that the old locale at Fort San Geronimo was too small and too fragile for the crowds that these events attract)

Cimarron-style diablos
Congo dancing
Art Fair, with emphasis on Panama's colonial black culture
Agricultural exposition
Atlantic side coastal cuisine

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William J. Jorden, US ambassador to Panama during the treaty negotiations
A trip to Embera country with students, diplomats and former politicians
Drive it till the wheels fall off
Antillean Fare
Why use imitation vanilla when you can grow the real thing here?
US ambassador pays a visit to the Danilo Pérez Foundation
Carnival scenes: the Antillean Fair
Carnival scenes: Panama City away from the main spotlights
Carnival scenes: a traditional small-town celebration in San Carlos
Kite Festival
Diablos & Congos Festival
Tuesday Talks
Canada outsources its auto consumer guide writing to Panama (sort of)
First they messed with the buses, now the taxis
Bernal's ragtag army

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