The Peninsula de Azuero is famous throughout Panamá for its traditional fiestas. This is a side of Panamá that few foreigners are ever given the opportunity to see:
Jan 5-10 Fiesta de los Reyes and Encuentro del Canajagua in Macarcas
Jan 19-22 Fiesta de San Sebastián in Ocú
Feb (date varies) Carnaval in Chitré and Las Tablas DATES 2013: Feb 8-12
March/April Semana Santa, celebrated most colourfully in La Villa de Los Santos, Pesé and Guararé DATES 2013: March 24-31
Late April Feria Internacional de Azuero in La Villa de Los Santos
June Corpus Christi in La Villa de Los Santos DATES 2013: May 30-June 9
June 24 Patronales de San Juan in Chitré
June 29-30 Patronales de San Pedro y San Pablo in La Arena
July 20-22 Patronales de La Santa Librada and festival de la Pollera in Las Tablas
Aug 4/5 Founder's Day in Parita
Aug 15 Festival del Manito in Ocú
Sept 20-26 Festival de la Mejorana in Guararé. More info here
Sept 28-29 Fiesta de San Miguel in Monagrillo
Oct 19 Foundation of the District of Chitré (or Fiesta de San Juan), in Chitré
Nov 3-4 Defiles Patrios (Parades) Las Tablas, Parita
Nov 7-8 Defiles Patrios in Las Tablas
Nov 10 The "First Cry of Independence" in La Villa de Los Santos
Nov 12 Defiles Patrios in Pocri de Las Tablas
Dec 22-26 Festivals of Christmas in La Arena
