Panamanian Arts
Panama has rich folk culture, which Panamanians at all levels of
society enjoy. The country’s folk music reflects Spanish, West Indian,
African, and even North American influences.
The mejorana is a folk song probably imported from Spain in the
eighteenth century. It can be either vocal or instrumental but is seldom
used for dancing. The national folk dances are the tamborito and the
cumbia. Couples perform the cumbia in a rotating circle to the sound of
maracas and drums. The dance reputedly mimics the behavior of the
colonial Spaniards and was brought to the area with the African slave
trade. The tamborito is also a dance with and old Afro-Spanish history. It
was popular in seventeenth-century Spain and is b
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