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Talamancan mythology includes the traditional beliefs of the Bribri and Cabécar peoples, two groups of indigenous peoples in Costa Rica living in the Talamanca region.These peoples speak two different but closely related languages, and from a cultural point of view, constitute a single community.
Guaro is a term used in Central America to refer to a traditional alcohol distilled from sugar cane. The word cacique means the leader of a tribe. Another factor contributing to renaming the product "cacique guaro" was an excavation made by the National Museum on land currently occupied by FANAL, where the archeologists discovered the largest known indigenous settlement to date in the canton ...
A depiction of the Second Battle of Rivas under the statue of Santamaría in Alajuela. The war began when William Walker, a United States filibuster, or person engaged in unauthorized warfare against a foreign country, overthrew the government of Nicaragua in 1856 and attempted to conquer the other nations in Central America, including Costa Rica, in order to form a private slaveholding empire.
Nineteen Costa Ricans have died since June from what the country’s Ministry of Health suspects is tainted alcohol. Tainted alcohol believed to be the cause of 19 deaths in Costa Rica Skip to ...
Twenty-five people have died and dozens more have been hospitalized after drinking tainted liquor in Costa Rica, health officials said Monday. Death toll from tainted alcohol in Costa Rica rises to 25
This is a list of festivals celebrated in Costa Rica: [1] This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.
Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica: Anexión del Partido de Nicoya a Costa Rica: Celebrates the annexation of the Party of Nicoya in 1824. August 2 Feast of Our Lady of the Angels Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles: Employers must provide an unpaid day off. [1] August 15 Mother's Day: Día de la Madre: Also the Assumption of ...
Jade bird pendant from Costa Rica. Jadeite is presumed one of the most precious materials of Pre-Columbian Costa Rica. It, along with other similar-looking greenstones (e.g. chalcedony, serpentine, and green jasper) were cherished and worked for years. Jadeite was used to decorate the body and was presumably a symbol of power.