Religious Customs of Panama

Festivals and other events and religious traditions in Panama.

The Day of the Dead:

The Day of the Dead is a celebration of Catholic origin commemorating those who have died. The date of this religious festival is on November 2. That day is celebrated special Masses for those souls who, according to traditional beliefs, are in purgatory.

Parita Corpus Christi

The Corpus Christi holiday is a recognized part of the customs and traditions of our country and which brings together different cultural manifestations. In Panama, the feast of Corpus Christi is celebrated mostly in La Villa, province of Los Santos and Parita, Herrera Province, the latter being the subject of this article site.

Corpus Christi The name comes from Latin. Corpus Christi means Body and means Christ, that is the Body of Christ, which means that this festival has religious origin whose main objective is to exalt and worship the figure of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Pilgrimage and Parade in honor of Santa Librada

Santa Librada La Peregrina, one of the 4 images of the saint who is venerated in the city of Las Tablas.

Santa Librada La Chola, one of the four images of the saint, is along the streets of Las Tablas in solemn procession every July 19. Note the large amount of clothes, flowers and human hair. All are offerings of the faithful.
As is tradition since 1996, on July 19 in the afternoon, the image of Santa Librada La Peregrina takes his usual route from the entrance of Las Tablas and through the main streets of the city are tamboritos, music violin and accordion, and whistle and box.

Watchtower and Reverence Towards Pilgrimage to Christ Nazarene

There is no exact date for the beginning of devotion to Jesus Nazareno de Atalaya, but by 1730 this population came from pilgrims, San Francisco, La Mesa, Montijo, La Villa de Los Santos, Las Palmas, Santiago, and other villages to venerate the miraculous image, in a very modest little wooden chapel walls, floor and ceiling of stalk.
Importantly, as an element of culture, religion plays a role of paramount importance in the idiosyncrasies of the people, and without a doubt, the pilgrimage to Atalaya and devotion to the Nazarene are two of the most representative of the Panamanian .

Religion in Panama

On the cultural diversity in the country practiced a wide range of religions, however from about 30 years is not known with precision exactly how much each group regulars because the Comptroller General of the Republic of Panama has avoided asking in the last three censuses, ie in 30 years, the religion professed by every inhabitant of the country.

The figures used to date indicate that the Roman Catholic religion predominates, followed by groups clearly growing as evangelical Christians and Christianity sucedidas other variants such as Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons. Despite not been done in the censuses, several national surveys have addressed the issue of religion.
According to a survey in June 2004 reflect the following:
Catholic 79.1%
Protestant 10.1%
Other 7.7%
Not profess any or no answer 2.4%

Similarly you can find Eastern religions such as Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Baha'i Faith worship, the gospel.

 The Catholic Church: 
Metropolitan Cathedral Church of Panama

The Roman Catholic Church contends that its origin is in the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ around the year 30 AD. The Catholic Church proclaims itself as the Church which Jesus Christ died, the Church was established and built by the apostles. Is that really the origin of the Catholic Church? On the contrary.

The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian church. It considers itself a "sacrament", a "sign and instrument of intimate union with God and of the unity of the whole human race", because she herself declares founded by Christ. ...


Protestantism:
Central Presbyterian Church International

Protestantism is a movement in Western Christianity whose adherents reject the notion that divine authority is channeled through a particular human institution or person, such as Catholic Pope. Protestants look elsewhere for the authority of their faith, many of them emphasize the Bible-the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament as the source and norm of its creed. Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians also accept the authority of the Bible, but also consider the tradition, and in the case of Catholics, the Pope as a source of authority.

The Jehovah's Witnesses:
kingdom hall of jehovah's witnesses

The Jehovah's Witnesses , better known as the " wearing ties on bikes " , which are religious and dedication selo evangelism is not comparable with any other neo-Christian group .


The organization of the Jehovah's Witnesses was founded by Charles Taze Russell in 1872. Russell was born on February 16, 1852 . His parents were Joseph L. and Anna Eliza Russell . Russell had great difficulty with the doctrine of eternal punishment in hell. However, throughout their studies not only denied this doctrine of hell , but also denied the basic doctrine of the Trinity Orthodox Christianity , the deity of Christ and the deity of the Holy Spirit . At first obtained his Christian principles of the sect of 7th Day Adventists Frustrated by his frequent differences between what he believed and what Adventists and other traditional Christian church as fundamental doctrines held in 1870 , at eighteen years , Russell organized a Bible class in Pittsburgh.

Buddhism

Buddhism is one of the major world religions in terms of adherents, geographical distribution, and socio-cultural influence. While it has long been a religion "oriental," has been gaining increasing popularity and influence on the western world also. It's a unique world religion in its own right, though it has much in common with Hinduism in that both religions can be called "Oriental," who believe in karma (cause and effect ethics), maya (the illusory nature of the world ) and samsara (the cycle of reincarnation) among other things. Buddhists believe that the ultimate goal in life is to achieve "enlightenment" as they perceive their existence

Judaism

The word Judaism refers to the religion, tradition and culture of the Jewish people. It is the oldest of the three monotheistic religions spread (along with Christianity and Islam), also known as "religions of the book" or "Abrahamic" and the least of them in number of faithful. From Judaism were broken, historically, the other two religions.