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by Pascal Gross, 19 June 2000
See also:
Province of Chiriqui. Its flag could be seen at the bottom of
the page available at <www.koco.net> (defunct).
Pascal Gross, 19 June 2000
On 26 May 2004, the 155th anniversary of the foundation of the
province was celebrated in Barú, with the participation of
delegations from the schools and colleges from the 13 districts (distritos)
of the province. The celebration started at 8:00 with the raising
of the national flag and the provincial flag in the Government of
the province. The traditional cremacion de banderas took
place there, but I don't know what it is exactly, some
traditional flag burning?
I skip the long list of the local politicians who attended the
ceremony, only mentioning the presence of recently elected (3 May
2004) president of the Republic Martín Torrijos, the son of the
former, controversial president General Omar Torrijos
(1968-1981). At the end of the celebration, Franklin Valdés alcade
(mayor) of Baru, offered the provincial banner to Juan Serrano, alcade
of Boquerón , where the celebration of the 156th anniversary of
the province shall take place next year.
The whole story and pictures of the celebration, unfortunately
not showing the flag, can be read, in Spanish, in La Prensa
(Panama) at <www.prensa.com>.
The article by Sandra Alicia Rivera includes more details on
Chiriqui, which I am summarizing now.
History - The name of the province comes from cheriquí,
a word used by the natives to designate the highe