Folk Music of Panamá


The Panamanian folk music , rhythmically rests in African rhythms brought by slaves to Panama at the time of Spanish colonization . However, melodically speaking has a strong European influence , mainly from Spain , specifically in the regions of Andalusia and Galicia lesser extent . Indigenous music is what has exerted less influence in Panamanian mestizo folk music . However, in singing the chantey Panama is inevitable , the use of maracas and flutes , known in different regions as " whistles " that are Native Americans from Panama . The foregoing is without prejudice to say that in the indigenous regions , their music is eminently of his race with few outside influences .The pace [edit code ]
Panamanian folk music is usually in duple meter in division 2/4 and 6/8 . Usually the songs are performed with a single, uniform measure their duration . However, it is also common to both bars alternate in the same song , the music feature Panamanian identity .
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This structure sound and performance is directly linked to the musical rhythms of African Bantu origin , present in many Latin American folk genres , but in Panama is unique in that its implementation allows you a higher pitch , through the use of the Churuca .

Food Típicosde Panama :

A characteristic identity of the folk rhythms of Panama , is its speed which gives a festive and cheerful , few musical genres where you have slow tempo rhythms .

 Typical dishes include tamales, corn dough filled with meat and wrapped in banana leaves , the bastard , rice with chicken, tamal de olla , a rich stew of rice with seafood, carimaolas , tomatoes and chicken in cornmeal, the dish called " Ropa Vieja " , the yucca empanadas stuffed with meat , plus the tempting fried cassava-based or cooked corn and banana .
The Panama Typical breakfast :
 Based are made omelets, eggs , steak or liver and onions . The national dish par excellence of Panama is the stew , a kind of stew made ​​with various types of meat (chicken , chicken , pork and beef ) and loves varied as tubers , taro , cassava and maize. This is a dish that supports everything and takes very hot , although it may seem a paradox for the country's climate .
Seafood in Panama :
 In Panama are plentiful delicious seafood like lobster, crab , and octopus , as well as fresh fish from the area between the guabina found , croaker , snapper and grouper, all prepared in many different ways , especially in the Caribbean , coconut sauce and even ceviche .


 
Desserts in Panama :

 
The desserts are quite a treat and a delight and abound varied tropical fruits such as guava , coconut , pineapple or papaya among others. Another dessert that must not be missed is drunk soup , a sweet made ​​with vanilla liqueur soaked and covered raisins. Also in the Darien can try a delicious honey .



Culture of Panama



 
       
   

The country has a cultural multiplicity that makes it unique in the region , thus contributing further to the constant presence of visitors from all over the world . The origin of this unique cultural mix is undoubtedly the crossroads feature has always been the country , but so is Panama intense connection with the sea, which makes it very similar to a Caribbean island .

 Crossing point and meeting place , this small land is considered a true melting pot. With nearly three million and a half inhabitants , its population is composed by 67 % mestizo ( Amerindian white ) and mulattos (white with black ), 14 % black, 10% white , 6 % Amerindian (indigenous) and 3% of people of various ethnic origins . This mixture is particularly rich , as though coming from different cultural and diverse traditions , the mixture has been stimulated by the atmosphere of tolerance and harmony that has always prevailed in the territory.


While respecting the free religious belief, the country's population professes Catholicism mostly deeply tied to the traditions and cultural expressions. Inside the country, for example , the biggest celebrations are related to various saints , which are called patrons of the people , just as we celebrate the biggest parties which are referred to as Holy Week or Easter is the Christian holy period which runs from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday .


An important part of the cultural wealth of the country is in the traditions of the seven indigenous groups in Panama , which are recorded in semi -autonomous territories , which kept alive their ancestral customs. These groups originating cultivate music and dancing , but his most prized cultural contribution is his ability as master craftsmen. The pieces produced by some of these groups are real jewels , works of great beauty produced by an art that has its roots in pre-Columbian times . Molas of the Kuna , the beads and the Ngäbe chácaras , thumbnails of tagua and baskets of the Embera and Wounaan are of unusual delicacy .


A is the predominant cultural contribution of the descendants of African slaves during the colony , who settled in the central region of Panama , in the Caribbean coast communities and Darien. In its bustling towns , cadence and bunde bullerengue or congos drums evoke the flavor and color of Africa , where their origins . Other descendants of African Americans arrived from the West Indies, brought in as labor for the construction of the Panama Canal , at the beginning of the 20th century . This group , English-speaking , settled in the cities of Panama , Colon and Bocas del Toro . An important part of the cultural heritage of Africans is the delicious food , which today is shown in Panamanian dishes like rice with chicken, stew , octopus , fried fish and rice with coconut.

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