The de la Pollera festival

During the month of July, the town of Las Tablas in Los Santos province, holds a festival in honor of one of the world’s most beautiful national costumes, the Panamanian Pollera. This festival is held at the Belisario Porras park in downtown Las Tablas. The celebration joins with the festivities for Santa Librada, the patron saint of Las Tablas, whose day is July 19. The most anticipated part of the festival is the National Pollera Contest, in which women from across the country, including the current Carnival Queens, compete for the Margarita Lozano medal.

The de la Pollera festival, known as one of the most famous festival in Panama, celebrates the most beautiful national costumes in the world. This has attracted participants not only from the United States, but also from other countries. Not to mention that the festival de la Pollera organizes a National Pollera contest for women from all over the country to draw the Margarita Lozano addendum. This has made the Festival de la Pollera even more vibrant, and it is now one of Panama's most famous festivals.

Location: Las Tablas, province of Los Santos