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Costa Rica has several variations of the myth, depending on the region. In San Ramón, Alajuela Province, the legend goes that in 1845, a priest named Father Luis Francisco Pérez won 40,000 gold coins while gambling. He then traveled to Nicaragua, and entrusted his gold to his brother. Father Pérez was decapitated while in Nicaragua, and when ...
The gualgura is an Ecuadorian legend. It is a black chick that has an attractive voice and appears innocent. But when it decides to attack, it transforms into a man with a thick voice that convinces and hypnotizes people, leaving them unconscious or dead.
The Programa Pueblos Mágicos (Spanish: [pweβloˈmaxiko]; "Magical Towns Programme") is an initiative led by Ecuador's Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR). The program seeks to promote tourism in a network of small and mid-sized towns that represent aspects of Ecuador's cultural heritage, and to encourage sustainable economic development in these communities.
Ecuadorian literature has been characterized for essentially being costumbrista [1] and, in general, closely linked to events that are exclusively national in nature, with narratives that provide a glimpse into the life of the common citizen.The origins of Ecuadorian literature go back to the ancestral narratives that were passed down from generation to generation.
La Tulevieja (also spelled Tulivieja), is a legendary figure from Costa Rican and Panamanian folklore. She is a ghost who wears a distinctive hat called a tule.
Que Viene el Coco (1799) by Goya. The Coco or Coca (also known as the Cucuy, Cuco, Cuca, Cucu, Cucuí or El-Cucuí) is a mythical ghost-like monster, equivalent to the bogeyman, found in Spain and Portugal.
The Tunda (Spanish: La Tunda) is a myth of the Pacific coastal region of Colombia and Ecuador, [1] and particularly in the Afro-Colombian community of the Chocó department, [2] about a shapeshifting entity resembling a human woman that lures people into the forests and keeps them there.
Encuentro Internacional de Escultura en Madera-Piedra-Hierro de Rosario; Encuentro y Fiesta Nacional de Colectividades; Festival Iberoamericano de Publicidad; Festival Nacional del Cabrito; Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia; Immigrant's Festival; International Poetry Festival of Rosario; Leyendas; National Beer Festival; National Day of the Sun ...