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chicha fuerte fermented maize drink té de manzanilla camomile tea
chicheme ground maize drink made vino blanco/tinto white/red wine
with milk, vanilla and
cinnamon COOKING TERMS
jugo juice a la parrilla barbecued
jugo natural pure fruit juice a la plancha griddled
leche milk apanado breaded
licuado fresh fruit shake asado roast
pipa fresh coconut juice encocado in coconut sauce
raspados flavoured ice shavings frito fried
refresco/soda (cold) soft drink picante spicy hot
ron rum puré mashed
seco rough sugar cane spirit revuelto scrambled
té tea
Glossary and acronyms
ACP Autoridad del Canal de Panamá (Panama Canal feria fair (market); also a town fête
Authority) finca ranch, farm or plantation
Afro-Antillano Panamanian of African heritage from gringo/gringa any light-skinned foreigner, particularly
the West Indies a North American
Afro-Colonial Panamanian of African heritage from guardaparque park warden
the Spanish colonial era huaca pre-Columbian gold treasure buried with the
ANAM Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente dead in a tomb
(Department for the Environment); although this INAC Instituto Nacional de Arte y Cultura (government
name is often used, it is now officially called department in charge of museums and preservation
Ministerio del Ambiente (see below) of cultural heritage)
ANCON Asociación Nacional para la Conservación de indígeno/a an indigenous person (also used
la Naturaleza – Panama’s most prominent adjectivally)
environmental NGO ladino a vague term – applied to people it means
artesanías traditional handicrafts Spanish-influenced as opposed to indigenous, and at
ATP Autoridad de Turismo Panamá its most specific defines someone of mixed Spanish
barrio neighbourhood; suburb and indigenous blood
bohío see rancho mestizo person of mixed indigenous and Spanish
bomba pump at a petrol station, often shorthand for blood, though like the term ladino it has more
the petrol station itself cultural than racial significance
cacique chief (originally a colonial term, now used for metate pre-Colombian stone table used for grinding
elected leaders/figureheads of indigenous comarcas) corn
campesino peasant farmer MiAmbiente Catchy name for the newly formed
cantina local, hard-drinking bar, usually men-only Ministerio del Ambiente (Ministry of the Environment),
chiva rural bus, which may be a converted pickup also shortened to MIA, which has taken over from
colectivo shared taxi/minibus, usually following a ANAM (see above)
fixed route (can also be applied to a boat – lancha mochilero backpacker
colectiva) montuno traditional male costume consisting of a
colono generally a mestizo farming settler who loose cotton shirt and knee-length trousers
originated from the Azuero Peninsula and central areas (fiestas) patronales patron saint festivals enjoyed by
and moved to colonize other parts of the country every town or village
comarca semiautonomous area demarcated for the pollera embroidered dress with full skirt considered to
major indigenous peoples be the national costume of Panama
cordillera mountain range quincha adobe
diablo rojo colourful painted buses being phased out, rancho open-sided (wooden) structure with palm-
but still evident in some parts of Panama City and thatched roof (see bohío)
along the Caribbean coast STRI Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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