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		<title>Panama hosts first international film festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panama’s first international film festival opens today, Thursday 26 April. The seven day event will showcase 50 films from around the globe, including international award-winners and world premieres. It will also feature over 100 exciting social and business events, including red-carpet screenings at the National Theatre in Casco Viejo, parties, industry panels and director-led seminars. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fire and the Fury: New Year&#8217;s Eve in Granada, Nicaragua</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Year’s Eve in Nicaragua is celebrated with all the incendiary zeal befitting one of the world’s most volcanic and tempestuous nations. Fire-crackers are ignited en-masse. A frenzy of explosions ricochets across the city. A grotesque effigy symbolizing the passing year is paraded through the streets and burned. These are some of the scenes depicted in this short video.]]></description>
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		<title>The Purísima in Granada</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catholic sentiments reach a fervent peak in Nicaragua during the <em>Purísima</em>, a festival entirely devoted to the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Lasting from late November to 8<sup>th</sup> December, the <em>Purísima</em> is a protracted celebration involving various family and church gatherings, as well as spirited street parties. Such is the scene depicted in this short film...]]></description>
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		<title>The festival of San Jerónimo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From late September to early December, the otherwise sleepy town of Masaya – Nicaragua’s bastion of folklore and indigenous traditions – comes alive with countless animated events, including the shambolic procession of El Torovenado, filmed here. This anarchic spectacle is the very embodiment of Nicaraguan character... ]]></description>
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