Las Tablas (Carnival)

For all Panamanians, Carnival is the most awaited annual event, their popularity is comparable in Latin America with the famous Brazilian carnival or Barranquilla's (Colombia) in popular participation, fun, as well as in their splendorous costumes and popular folkloric allegories. The whole country, a multitude of people from all races and social backgrounds, take to the streets for four days and five nights, for the sole purpose of having fun.

The Carnival of the City of Las Tablas, in the Province of Los Santos, 282 kilometers and 3 and a half hours away from Panama City, has become the most famous in the country and a true spectacle of beauty and extravaganza of national and international fame. Its well earned prestige is based upon the luxury of its costumes and allegorical carts that exhibit the Queens, the main attraction of the celebration and the symbol of the "tunas" of Up Town and Down Town Main street, that compete in providing the best and wealthiest fantasy of color and cheerfulness to those who participate in this carnival experience.

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