Women dressed up in ‘man-tumblers’, water-cannons and fat fish being buried in little coffins? It can only be the annual madness and extravagance that is… Carnavaaaal!
The most famous carnival in Panama takes place in Las Tablas, though the one in Panama City is not very far behind in terms of sheer exuberance and festive spirit. Carnival (the way it is celebrated in Panama) features certain unique elements: one is the tradition of the mojaderas, or culecos, a morning ritual where overheating celebrants are hosed down with water from passing trucks, to the shouts of ‘Agua, agua, agua!’ (‘Water, water, water!’). So for an excuse to get soaking wet in public and romp around like there’s no tomorrow, you know Read more