La Patria is memory… Scraps of life
wrapped in ribbons of love or of pain;
the murmur of palms, the commonplace songs,
the garden, stripped of its flowers.
Such a small country, all of you will fit
beneath the shadow of our flag: perhaps
you were so pretty, to ensure I’d carry you
everywhere in my heart!~Ricardo Miro
Panamanian poet
Website Resources
Be sure to check out the book display in the Jr. High Library!
OPA Jr. High Library Country Profile: Panama
https://opajrhighlibrary.weebly.com/panama.html
CIA World Factbook:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pm.html
Music of Panama
Utah Online Library
Did You Know?
- Some claim that Panama’s name comes from a native word meaning an “abundance of fish” or one meaning an “abundance of butterflies.”
- In Panama, using a finger to draw a circle in the air means one is coming right back.
- Many rural men wear collared, button-down shirts with four pockets called guayaberas.
- After a nine-year expansion was completed in 2016, the Panama Canal, a major international trade route, more than doubled its cargo capacity.
“Panama.” CultureGrams Online Edition, ProQuest, 2019, online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php?cid=122&cn=Panama. Accessed 26 August 2019.
