The carnivals in
Panama are already a popular custom very rooted. Most famous
and shone they are the carnivals of Las
Tablas where the joy and beauty of the woman of those places
it is united with an unstoppable rate of
dance, songs and animation that takes the streets.
Las Tablas are new paragraph. Beginning by
the ancient rivalry of two antagonistic groups in
the festivity. Two comparsas, the one
of Calle Arriba (up street) and the one of Calle Abajo (down
street), face during the four
days that the carnival in one lasts "
battle " lasts, which more singular expression in "
puyas " has his,
songs critics that send one to another one.
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Calle Arriba and Calle
Abajo, who besides to present/display two different queens, do
and they undo to conquer the supremacy of
the festivity of the carnival. In the mornings they predominate
the Culecos that become attached to the
tradition are to throw water to him to somebody of the sex
opposed like a gesture
of galantery and provocation.
But really the carnivals starts the night
of Friday before the Saturday of carnival. This
night, when sparkling the salient queens
blossom you exceed they diademas who symbolize the beginning
of its reign, the magic that characterizes
the spectacle of fireworks, surrounds to
Panamanians in an enchantment of which they
will not be possible to be resisted.
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Las Tablas it does not
remain back in this event, the coronation is made in each one of
the seats of
different streets, but what it will be seen
there until the moment have hidden jealously to give form him
to the surprise that each queen offers to
her town.
The water shout "Agua, Agua" (water,
water), thousands of Panamanians are put under each morning of
these days to the rite of
" culeco " or the " mojadera
", a species of parade where vehicles cisterns throw with
their hoses
water to choke the strong heat of which
they dance to the compass of the music of murgas.
They do not repair in expenses, about
200,000 dollars each one, to shine the best dress, alegorics
floats
and fires of artifices, without concerning
the debts that the next queen inherits.
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Lia Victoria was
chosen the fourth more beautiful woman of the world, this has
been the only reason that reached the feat
to unite, without quarrels, to Calle Arriba
and Calle Abajo of Las Tablas entertaining a single queen,
who not only
he represented Las Tablas, but all Panama.
ĦIn horabuena!
New Year 1999 - Las Tablas
Millenium Carnival - Las Tablas 1999
