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Popular Local Customs | Other Local Customs Tips | All Tips (4) Bars in Panama are everywhere. Many are like one would expect in the US, a corner place you walk into with four walls and at least one door. In Panama, some bars have no walls, just a roof supported by beams and some dividers to shield the insides from the sun during the day. Many have car washes connected to them. So one can get their car washed and they can lube themselves at the same time. Panama is not very PC, drinking and driving is common here, although illegal, but then, Panamanians seem to ignore many traffic laws and vehicle codes that are enforced in the US, see my dangers tip for Panama City for more info on what to be careful about.
Bar Lorena Isabel at crnr of Calle Estudiante y Calle 3 de Noviembre in Las Tablas. They have the loudest juke box and borrachos in town! One guy who goes there every weekend, when he gets a snootfull, starts to bark! Since I live across the street, I get this free entertainment all the time! Leave a Comment
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The feast of Corpus Christi, the celebration of the gift of the Eucharist, is celebrated forty days after the Assention, sometime in June. It is a big fiesta in Panama and most towns have a celebration on that day or the days approximating it. Here in Las Tablas, is no exception. They had an evening Mass and parade afterwards, with fireworks and dancing troupes similar to the ones I showed in the Los Santos tip similar to this one. Itīs a more solemn fiesta than most, and the drinking and partying is minimal. This is more a religious than a civil holiday, and it is a more subdued celebration than most other holidays, but the Panamanians make it colorful and cheerful with the bright decorations they typically use for any type fiesta. Leave a Comment
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In Panama, on almost every weekend in the provinces is some fiesta celebrating something, usually the patron saint of the area or town.
Most fiestas include paegants involving panamainian folkdress, the pollera for women and camisillas folkloricos or guayabarra shirts and sombreros for men. As I described in my carneval tip, they most generally choose a queen for the fiesta, who is generally a young woman or girl who dresses in a pollera. Leave a Comment
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Panamainians love Carneval and Las Tablas is no exception! Actually, it has probably one of the most elaborate Carneval fiestas anywhere in Panama, Las Tablas has TWO Carneval queens, not one! Two rival groups have had their own queen since the 1950's. The parades are nightly the four days leading up to Ash Wednesday, and each night tries to be more elaborate than the rest. There are fireworks and bands and dances and plenty of cerveza drunk. If you come at this time, book well in advance as there are few hotels in Las Tablas. (See my hotel tips for LT). Some people will take boarders or rent their homes for Carneval, but be prepared to pay handsomely for it. Rents are usually quadruple or more than what they normally are for this time. You may want to stay in Chitre, where there are more accomodations and drive or take the bus or a taxi to Las Tablas for the Carneval celebrations. Leave a Comment
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on June 10, 2007
