CHIRIQUI

 Its name is due to the Laguna de Chiriquí, a great gulf that exists on the
Caribbean coast of Panama, in the province of Bocas del Toro. It is the
third most important province in Panama and has become one of the
most developed tourist areas in the country.
 Its capital is San José de David. And it is also considered the third largest
province in the country.
 LOCATION

 Chiriquí has an area of 6,547.7 km² and is located in the western sector of
Panama. Its limits are: to the north the province of Bocas del Toro and the
Ngöbe-Buglé region, to the west the Republic of Costa Rica, to the east
the province of Veraguasy to the south the Pacific Ocean.
 HISTORY

 Before the arrival of the Spaniards, the territory of Chiriquí was inhabited by
indigenous tribes, and they also occupied Bocas del Toro and part of
Veraguas. The aborigines called this region "Chiriquí" or "Cherique", a word
that means Valley of the Moon.
 GASTRONOMY

 Their typical dishes are sancochos or soups, tamales, ceviche, seafood,

etc. In addition to some fried foods such as almojábanas, empanadas
and buns.
 TYPICAL SUITS

 Female Costume:
The remediano attire, made of chintz. The chiricana basquiña with its lace,
adorned with ribbons, of colors that it combines with the zaraza. As for the
jewels: the flat chain, the earrings or tendrils and the bone cap. For your hair
adorned with a flower (Papo flower the most common).
 TYPICAL SUITS

 Male Costume:
You can wear: guarandó shirt, plaid shirt, white shirt and khaki. His pants:
khaki, strong devil and black. His footwear is the chiricana quarry, made with
tanned leather, boots and black shoes. And his hat made of reed.
 DANCES

The most popular and their region of origin:

 Cumbia trapichera, Dos Ríos, Dolega.
 Cumbia párate, Dolega.
 Molienda de caña, Dolega.
 La villa Elena, Dolega.
 Cumbia de los tres golpes, Remedios.
 La corta de arroz, de oriente.
 La tumba caña, Dos Ríos, Dolega.
 Punto, Dos Ríos, Dolega.
 Punto gualaqueño, Gualaca.
 COCLE

 It has an extraordinary natural and folk wealth. He has

distinguished himself as the birthplace of prominent politicians,
many of whom have reached the nation's presidential alone.
 LOCATION

 It is located to the southwest of the country and its capital, Penonomé,

was once also the capital of Panama. It has a territorial area of 4,927 km²
 HISTORY

 Its name probably originates from the mighty Rio Coclé del Norte and Río
Coclé del Sur, which cross its territories. Another possible origin is due to the
Cocle Chieftain who dominated the Central Plain.
 GASTRONOMY

 Coclé is one of the provinces where you can find any type of food, meats,
seafood, legumes, and a great variety of menistra.
 TYPICAL SUITS

 In the Coclesan region the costumes are very simple, since women wear
the montuna or gala pollera, with the difference that they adorn the shirt
with ribbons ties instead of the wool speck; and men with dark pants and
their gala nightgown or the montuna.
 DANCES

 Like dances, cumbias, tamboritos, among others.

 Among his most popular dances are, La Cucua, La Danza del Toro and Los
Diablicos Limpios. The most danced cumbias are, La Marucha, El
Ratoncito Bodeguero and Cumbia del Pajonal.
 Emberá-Wounaan Region

 Indigenous region of Panama. It was created in 1983 from two enclaves

located in the province of Darién, specifically in the districts of Chepigana
and Pinogana.
 Language

 Emberás speak Emberá and Wounaan Wounaan meu. Emberá means

"good man" or "good friend". Wounaan meu means "people, people or
people."
 Dresses

 The men use a taparabo called Guayuco and a handmade skirt made
with chaquira called Amburäco, but when they go to the villages they
wear a shirt and pants, the women wear Paruma fabrics and wrap their
hips up to the knees and necklaces around the neck woven by itself
called Shakiras, and its bodies painted Jagua natural paint produced by a
plant.