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To conduct public policies on culture, to develop with efficiency and good practice, the Conservation of those expressions of merit of the Folklore Panamanian, for the use and enjoyment of that Heritage.

To developdiagnoses with the signalling of specific problems and indicators, about the status and practice of the expressions of the Panamanian folklore in imminent possibility of disappearance, to determine actions to be followed to avoid them.

To set concrete actions with regard to the scientific mechanisms currently in place for these purposes, and with regard to the terms of Panamanian folklore, within national life that warrant its existence and practice in the Panamanian population with a view to its conservation.

Propand events of those traditions of merit concerning the social practices that have been brought about by folklore, his music, his dances and dances (the Calipso, the tamborera, among others), to help them to preserve them.

Recognize those elements of the festivals of the Panamanian tradition, that require force for their conservation, as well as those that do not contribute to their strengthening and that hold onto unnecessary innovations within the folklore.

To set an accreditation system of organisations and personnel related to the management and development of folklore, and of the individualities of these expressions, with fidelity to the original patterns, to strengthen their conservation, enabling a conservation at the time of true folklore, as determined by the constitution

Impela broad vision with regard to the projection of folklore and its applications in national life, without prejudice to its own cultural expression and with a view to strengthening its conservation.

To developactions and events that they estimate in the Panamanian population, all about the conservation of the expressions of the Panamanian folklore as a fortress of national identity.

To promote concrete actions for the dissemination of Panamanian folklore with a view to enabling its individualities to come to the national and international context with their true fidelity and with no deformations.

Impelcampaigns to publicize the forms of Panamanian folklore throughout the country as foreigners, respecting the diversity and diversity of each region, more than anything attached to the UNESCO's World Convention on Cultural Diversity for this end.

RecommendGuidelines to Folklore-related entities and organisations that disseminate Panamanian folklore at an international level, to sustain their fidelity to its profiles, without increasing unnecessary innovation.

Propand mechanisms for disseminating the forms of folklore at the level of their tourism and for disseminating them at embassies and consulates at the global level, where our country has diplomatic representation to disseminate our forms of folklore.

Indicate to the national population and to communicate to the international population, through leaflets, manuals and / or publications, about specific expressions of folklore such as, and tools, and others, with a view to contributing to a more conducive approach to traditional folklore fidelity.

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