La Villa de Los Santos celebrates Farmer's Week parade
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- Students, teachers, and residents in La Villa de Los Santos, Panama, celebrated the annual Farmer's Week parade despite rain.
- The event highlighted regional customs and cultural expressions, with participants including a Miss Universe Panama contestant and a local festival queen.
- A resident noted the parade demonstrates the community's enduring traditions and customs.
La Villa de Los Santos buzzed with traditional spirit on Saturday, August 16, as the Escuela Nicanor Villalaz led the annual Farmer's Week parade. Students, teachers, and local residents marched through the town's main streets, celebrating the region's customs and cultural identity, undeterred by the rain.
The parade featured Ilanith Ávila, a representative for Miss Universe Panama 2026 from Los Santos, who expressed her excitement about representing her promotion and Miss Universe Los Santos. Anais Milagro, the queen of the Festival de la Flor del Espíritu Santo de Las Minas, also participated, cherishing the event as one of her final activities as queen.
I am very happy to represent my promotion and my Miss Universe Los Santos band. We are preparing incredible things.
Milciades Quintero, a local resident, observed that such events are crucial for the community to express its traditions and customs. The celebration underscored the deep-rooted cultural heritage of the Los Santos province.
the people manifest tradition and customs.
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Originally published by TVN Panamá in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.
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