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The festival of One Thousand Polleras was held in Las Tablas yesterday. It was incredible. Everyone from babies to great grandmothers was out and resplendent. I’m not sure how many ladies danced through the streets decked out in polleras, the gorgeous hand-made traditional dresses, but it seemed more like 10,000. I am fortunate to have [...]
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Every year at the end of October Pedasi has a folklore festival. Queens of Calle Abajo and Calle Arriba parade through the streets followed by musicians, friends and neighbors. Wagons decorated in pastoral scenes are pulled around the main plaza of town by pairs of massive oxen and fireworks fill the sky through much of [...]
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Fishing In Pedasi October 20th, 2010 People always ask me why I spend so much time in Pedasi. The short answer is that I love to fish and dive the waters in Azuero. Here’s a preview of an article I’m writing for a local magazine that gives a very brief introduction to fishing this part [...]
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I had a talk recently with a realtor in Ontario. We were talking about how many North Americans thinking of moving to Panama are uninterested in places more than an hour or so from Panama City. There is a common misconception that the interior of the country is lacking somehow in the amenities that so [...]
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CNN an CNN International premiered a 30 minute special on Pedasi yesterday. I’ll post the link in the next few days once it becomes available. More publicity for the Pueblo. Good times.
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