How will they celebrate the Day of Poets and Troubadours?

The celebration of the Singing Day of the Panamanian Décima, poets and troubadours, on June 16, has a very attractive program.

This day he established Law no. 366 of February 6, 2023. an initiative promoted by the National Union of Professional Singers and Artists of the Panama Tithe (Uncaaprodepa), said its president Arnoldo Diaz.

He argued that this law represents a acknowledgment of work performed for the benefit of folklore by men, women and children.

It also recognizes the mejoranera as a traditional instrument in Panamanian folklore events.

Nolasco “Noli” Frias, The vice president of Uncaaprodep explained that this year the official celebration will be held in La Chorrera.

The head of the province Western Panama It is the cradle of great interpreters of ten as an important genre of Panamanian nationality.

The program includes a typical mass of Thanksgivingin the chapel of Nuestra Señora Del Carmen in La Herradura, from 9:00 a.m. with the participation of singer Dayra Moreno.

Frías added that at 10:00 the official act begins at Jorón Hay Tatica, located in La Chorrera, where distinguished personalities of Décima and Mejorana will be honored such as: troubadours Juan “El Tiburón de Mar y Tierra” Díaz; Aníbal “El Brujito de El Pedregoso” Delgado, poet Felipe Rivera; composer Jaime Tuñón, guitarists and mejoraneros Chilo Ramos and Eric Vargas; as well as the famous Cantaderas animator Rogelio Castillo and the distinguished pedagogue and folklorist Elena Urriola.

It will also be Uncaaprodepa Cup 2023the song was contested by representatives of dozens of different provinces.

There will be folklore presentations, mejoraneros, violinists, handicrafts, an exhibition of products from the Chorrera region and, of course, an excellent afternoon with cantadera.

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Uncaaprodepa is an organization that defends tradition, it has the legal status of the Ministry of Labor and Development by Decision no. 7 of December 5, 2014 and has membership at the national level.