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Her Majesty
Isabella Marie Peralta Espino
Queen of the Festival,
2026
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Guararé and Panamá invite you to
experience our culture in its maximum folkloric
expression:
The 74th Festival Nacional
de la Mejorana.
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In 1949, Professor Manuel F.
Zárate, with a group of friends from his home town, Guararé,
initiated a tradition that has become the most renowned
folkloric festival of the Republic of Panamá. Now in
its 74th version, the National Folkloric Festival
of la Mejorana, in Guararé, continues to promote the
Panamanian folklore and keeps on protecting the traditional
customs that are integral part of life in the provinces of
Panamá. Together with the Patron Saint Festival of the
Virgin of Mercy, the Guarareños (the people of Guararé)
organize each year an event that gathers in this little town
in the Azuero Peninsula in Panamá a large number of
folkloric groups from around the country with the common
objectives of enjoying, spreading, and preserving the
Panamanian folklore. Musical performances, dances, singing,
bull fights, the Great Oxcarts Parade, popular
dances, and many other folkloric expressions and
competitions take place during the Festival. Guararé, a town
that is welcoming, festive, and musical by nature, becomes
host each September to many organized folkloric groups and
many Panamanians and visitors who participate in a true
celebration of Panamanian life.
Copyright 1995-2026,
Enrique A. Medina, PhD
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Not
all of the information presented on these pages is
official information from the Town of Guararé or the
Festival Nacional de la Mejorana Organizing
Committee. The producers, sponsors, and
collaborators assume no responsibility for errors or
omissions in the data presented.
For comments about this page, please
send email to festival@guarare.com
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