Centuries-old ceremony held in El Salvador to celebrate bumper harvest

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Centuries-old ceremony held in El Salvador to celebrate bumper harvest

STORY: Centuries-old ceremony held in El Salvador to celebrate bumper harvest DATELINE: June 2, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:24 LOCATION: San Salvador CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the celebration 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ROBERTO CASTRO, Member of Festivities Group for Harvest Festival 3 various of the celebration 4 SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): ILEANA PANAMENO, Resident of Santa Maria Ostuma, El Salvador STORYLINE: Old and primitive celebrations were held in El Salvador to celebrate the bumper harvest. The centuries-old tradition is known as las palancas (wooden trunks or logs) in the mountains of the municipality of Santa Maria Ostuma. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ROBERTO CASTRO, Member of Festivities Group for Harvest Festival "It is a form in which people can give thanks back to the creator, as well as request that the rains will be good this year. Then, it is a tribute that our ancestors made it so that the harvests that are coming now would be abundant." The festivity of las palancas is carried out by local re

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