Panama Edition
World Useful Pocket Day leads today's complete edition for Panama.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for the tiny things people carry because life becomes easier when string, coins, notes, keys, or a tool are close at hand.
You wait for the water to boil while conversation slows. This ritual varies completely from country to country and house to house. Accepting the drink signals that you are not leaving yet.
A celebration of Panama's indigenous leaders and the five recognized indigenous comarcas: Kuna Yala, Embera-Wounaan, Ngabe-Bugle, Madungandi, and Wargandi. The caciques were the pre-Columbian chiefs who governed the land before European contact. Today, the comarcas maintain semi-autonomous governance, with the Kuna Yala being the most internationally known for its mola art and the San Blas Islands that draw tourists from around the world.
A day for herbs, flowers, seedlings, balcony pots, and every bit of green people manage to keep alive.
A day for the quick meal, the regular customer, the busy cook, and the food people rely on between obligations.