Flag Day in Panama City

November is the month that starts the holiday season in Panama. November 4th was Flag Day with a huge parade, which started around 9 AM and lasted until about 7 PM. It was the second parade in a row. They have bands with trumpets, but most of all, drums, drums and more drums. In fact you might get a bit deaf, if you stay too long ;-)

Check out a few of the pictures from November 4th. What's interesting to me is that you don't see any of the upper class Panamanians participate. They usually spend the long weekend (November 3rd until 6th) in their beach houses or fincas in the countryside. All the people from the poor neighborhoods fill the streets and have a good time enjoying the show put on by the bands.