What are the holidays of the Panama City, Panama area of San Francisco?
Nelson Vega
I think holiday celebrations and other traditions specific to areas such as San Francisco have been lost over time, because Panama City has become more of one larger metropolitan area, and people in general do not follow traditions of particular places within that city any more. If you go to the interior or the countryside, you will still see people celebrate traditional holidays throughout the year. Different festivities are celebrated for every patron saint in each area.
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I think holiday celebrations and other traditions specific to areas such as San Francisco have been lost over time, because Panama City has become more of one larger metropolitan area, and people in general do not follow traditions of particular places within that city any more. If you go to the interior or the countryside, you will still see people celebrate traditional holidays throughout the year. Different festivities are celebrated for every patron saint in each area.
The following are the holidays celebrated in the country of Panama in general:
- Christmas Day – December 25th
- New Year’s Day – January 1st
- Memorial Day for the people in the Panama Canal Zone – January 9th
- Foundation of Panama City – August 14th
- Separation from Colombia – November 3rd
- Flag’s Day – November 4th
- Independence from Spain – November 28th
- Mother’s Day - December 8th.
- Carnival - 2nd week of February or 1st week of March. Carnival starts on a Friday evening and continues until Wednesday morning of the following week, which is Ash Wednesday. That is when the party ends. Everyone leaves Panama City to go to the interior for the Carnivals, so much so that Panama City looks like a ghost town at these times. Many people go to the interior to be with family or to have some time off from work.
- A month after the carnivals, we celebrate Holy Week. Celebrations start from Monday of the Holy Week, but the holidays are just Good Friday and Black Saturday.
Posted October 22, 2014