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Afro-Antillean
group
Geographically speaking, Afro-Panamanians are
concentrated mainly in the provinces of Panama,
Colón, Darién, Bocas del Toro and the province
Afro-Panamanian is the term that refers to the of Panamá Oeste.
descendants of Africans who arrived in Panama
during the Spanish conquest and colonization,
starting in the fifteenth century, and to the
Customs and traditions
population descended from the Antilleans who
arrived as labor during the nineteenth century for
the construction of the Panama Railroad and then
the Canal in the 20th century.
Dances

A histrionic richness includes the diversity of

dances that represent the Afro-descendant
culture. Among them we can mention El
Tambor Africano, Los Congos, La Cumbia, El
Bullerengue, El Punto, as well as Calypso.
On special or gala occasions, both men and women
wear flashy costumes. Where they wear loose suits
with tunics on their heads, especially to go to mass
or their traditional parades and ceremonies.
Black women usually wear the famous ovana or
rap on their heads, which only they know how to
design with techniques that are transmitted from
generation to generation.

On the other hand, and in his typical dances, the

Afro Panamanians represent 20% of the total
man dresses in rags or torn clothes and the hat
Panamanian population. However, the vast
known as Kofi.
majority is mestizo, highlighting the mulattoes
with 24% and the zambos with 12%. Finally, it
could be said that 56% of the Panamanian
population is of African descent or has an African
ancestor.
 Gastronomy
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It is characterized because it is rich in the use

Lia Rodriguez Afro-Antillean
group
of seafood, in addition to the use of spices
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and condiments that give that peculiar flavor
and, so typical, that are liked by nationals and 10 A1
foreigners. As well as a variety of sweets that
please all palates (coca with cashew kernels, English subject
patties, Johnny cake, pan bon, among
others). quarterly exam
Delivery date: November 11,
2022