In Panama , the bullerengue or bullarengue is a genre of music and dance typical of African descent in the province of Darien , which dates back colonial.12

In the province of Darien, bullerengue is not just a women's dance as his counterpart in Colombia . Instead is a partner dance that has a predominantly erotic , conquest and amor.13 it has its origin in the Darien ancestral tradition that when women learn that her husband has returned from the jungle, hunting victorious animals , she organized a party to celebrate that event. Women as owner of the celebration, the drummers of the community, their neighbors and gossips , and riding his drum party by her husband's success in hunting.

In Panama bullarengue the even will eat practically kissing your partner to take care of her and she did not kiss him in the past, this dance had a sensual content and demure little adults forbade children attend these celebrations , which caused the new generations of Darien knew not sing , dance or touch , currently has tried to tone down a little dancing and being taught to children in schools in that province for that tradition does not die

tools

The instruments used for the music performance are:

tamborera type medium-sized box

maracas

large drum

drum guy

Festivals 

In Panama, the Festival of Bunde and Bullerengue occurs in La Palma, capital of the Province of Darien in the month of May every year, even this party has been taken to the National Assembly as a bill for it to be declared a Festival National Tradition

The bunde in Panama

The bunde in Panama is a dance with a big religious sense, which is a beautiful hybrid in which melt and blend the best content of each contribution in the Darien ethnic culture, this typical dance is simply a joyful religious dance and continuously Animated real fervor.

The bunde is celebrated in the towns of the Pacific slope of the Province of Darien, from 6 December to 6 January (Day of the Magi), every night of every day.

To secure the holding of Bunde requires a family united in marriage or widowed woman who enjoys a good reputation, who will have the task of guarding the figure or statuette of baby Jesus during the year before the celebration.

The celebration begins with the preparation of an altar where you rest the statue or figure of baby Jesus, then the residence of a respected resident of the town, which hereinafter will be referred to as "steward" is chosen, because it will be your home, the headquarters of the Bunde and celebration where the altar is popularly known as "Niche". At the same time, the locals collect alms may be in cash or in kind, which is then sold in the community to pay for each night of celebration.

Collecting alms has established rules, the most notable is that the person collecting must be women and lady, this means that it is still virgin.

Upon collecting alms Miss Read: "A blessed alms for the Christ Child of Bethlehem" and should receive the same answer "May God increase his possessions" .7

In addition to the sponsors of the celebration, who must also bear the costs representing offering candy, soda and other food to be distributed to children every night Bunde are chosen. The last house is visited on the 24th in the morning.

On 24 December in the morning, the figure of the Child Jesus is taken by the organizers to the house of a Christian married couple, secretly. In the afternoon, and night approaching, people gather at the house of Butler, where dancing and singing till twelve o'clock, receiving 25 December with great joy. Later, the people gathered, group goes to the house of marriage where in the morning the day before had left image. In this way the faithful sing and carry candles conforming a kind of procession, while the main voice interprets a Bunde, in which alludes to the arrival of baby Jesus and how it breaks the heaven to reach men. Arriving at the house, the marriage that has guarded the "Child", proceeds to deliver the image to the sponsors, who will be in charge of it, throughout the party.

Finally, the villagers return home Child Butler, chaired by the woman who was given the picture by the marriage, beginning the worship ceremony.

At that time, the praises, which are the recitation of verses carols and learned for the occasion are verified. Once completed this part of the ceremony is passed to the completion of Dancing "Bambara" is a dance of reverence, as they sing in chorus, all this in front of the altar. Eventually it gets to the Child Jesus in your niche, and the party starts, in which singing and dancing all night. 

Panama

In Panama, the bullerengue or bullarengue is a genre of music and dance typical of African descent in the province of Darien, which dates back colonial.12

In the province of Darien, bullerengue is not just a women's dance as his counterpart in Colombia. Instead is a partner dance that has a predominantly erotic, conquest and amor.13 it has its origin in the Darien ancestral tradition that when women learn that her husband has returned from the jungle, hunting victorious animals, she organized a party to celebrate that event. Women as owner of the celebration, the drummers of the community, their neighbors and gossips, and riding his drum party by her husband's success in hunting.

In Panama bullarengue the even will eat practically kissing your partner to take care of her and she did not kiss him in the past, this dance had a sensual content and demure little adults forbade children attend these celebrations, which caused the new generations of Darien knew not sing, dance or touch, currently has tried to tone down a little dancing and being taught to children in schools in that province for that tradition does not die.