Bill 30.

Summary.

The bill proposes to dedicate October 27 of each year to a traditional dress parade in the comarca Ngabe- Buglé. Its stated purpose is to exalt, value, conserve, preserve and pass on traditional dress as an essential part of the Indigenous people's ancestral culture and identity. The title identifies the celebration as the Day of the Traditional Dress Parade of the Ngabe-Bugle and Campesino People. In its operative provisions, the bill declares a traditional dress parade and places its celebration in the comarca Ngabe- Buglé. The date is expressed as an annual observance, linking the declaration to every October 27.

The bill provides that public, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions, together with municipalities, are to carry out cultural and educational activities. The same provision includes public and private educational centers and traditional comarca authorities and institutions, as well as annexed areas. Those activities are to highlight the values of identity associated with the wearing of traditional dress and the customs surrounding it. The text thus brings public bodies, municipal governments, educational centers and the comarca's traditional institutions into activities connected with the celebration. Its provision on activities addresses both the cultural and educational dimensions of the dress and relates them to its use and associated customs.

The purpose stated in Article 1 covers several actions concerning traditional dress: exalting and valuing it, conserving and preserving it, and passing it on. The bill connects those actions with the Indigenous people's ancestral culture and identity. The declaration of the date and parade follows that purpose; the next provision calls for participation by the specified institutions and authorities through cultural and educational activities. Together, the provisions on the date, location and activities set out the content of the celebration proposed in the bill.

The bill characterizes the proposed law as a matter of public order and social interest. It also provides that the law would take effect on the day following its promulgation. These provisions follow the declaration of the parade and the requirement for activities. Its five articles contain no amendment to another legal instrument.

The public entities named in the bill are public, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions; municipalities; public and private educational centers; and traditional comarca authorities and institutions, together with annexed areas. The content may also concern the Indigenous people, the campesino population identified in the title, and the cultural and educational sectors associated with traditional dress and its celebration in the comarca Ngabe- Buglé.