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With your cultural appetite sharpened by the upcoming 1000 Pollera Parade in Panama City, it´s time to plan a trip further affield to celebrate a the Pollera in its true home, the interior.
The National Festival of the Pollera will be celebrated in Las Tablas, July 13-22 and playing a starring role will be Señorita Victoria Barrios Cedeño who has been elected Festival Queen.
The celebration starts Friday July 13 with a folclórico parade through the a principle streets of the town. During the month the festival will be enlivened with a national violin contest and a Camisilla (shirt) and sombrero contest. The sombrero event will be in two categories, luxury (white or colored) and regular (rush). A good time to chose a new piece of headgear.
The festival culminates on July 22 with a grand National Competition of the Pollera and an allegorical parade involving student minstrels, street musicians and, of course, polleras.
It´s worth the trip to Las Tablas to experience first hand a truly national event and absorb the culture of the country
