Posts Tagged ‘Holidays’
Feliz Navidad!
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COSI les desea una muy feliz Navidad. Esperamos que estén felices en cualquier parte del mundo y que estén disfrutando este tiempo con sus seres queridos.
Los mejores deseos,
COSI Staff
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Limón Carnival
Posted by admin | Filed under Costa Rica Happenings, Holiday
The 2009 Columbus Day Carnival starts today in Limón and continues until October 18.
The city of Limón is the capital of the province of Limón on the Carribbean side of the country. It is where Columbus anchored on his last trip to the Americas.
Once a year, the port town gets festive. That time is during the carnival when the people come out to celebrate Columbus Day for one week. Everyone comes to drink, dance and celebrate to the sounds of Calypso, Reggae and Salsa music. Dancers on the streets wear colorful costumes. Typical carribbean style food and artwork will be on sale and out for display as well.
"Comparsa" dances in the street during the Columbus Day Carnival.
At the start of the carnival the people crown a Carnival Queen for the duration of the celebration. October 10th is the “Día de las Culturas”, or Culture Day, and is highlighted by singing, dancing and calypso. The festival honors the Spanish, Indigenous, African, Italian and Chinese who live in the area. “Carnaval” attracts bands, “comparsas” and crowds from all over.
At least 5,000 visitors are expected this year. Its a great time to head to the Carribbean side of the country and participate in the festivities.
Día de la Independencia
Posted by admin | Filed under Actividades, Información
Tomorrow is Costa Rica´s independence day. They achieved independence from Spain September 15, 1821. Many of the activities are today.
One of the highlights of the independence celebrations is the running of the Central American Freedom Torch from Guatemala to Costa Rica – a reenactment of the messengers who brought the word of independence to the various Central American provinces belonging to Spain’s Capitanía of Guatemala 183 years ago.
The torch starts in Guatemala on September 1 and spends an average of three or four days traversing each country, passing through the hands of hundreds of thousands of Central American school children, politicians and national celebrities before arriving in Costa Rica on September 14. The Freedom Torch then stops temporarily in each department capital to light other torches, which are then run to the far corners of each rural municipality. In the afternoon, the Freedom Torch arrives at its final destination in the colonial capital city of Cartago.
At 6pm everyone in the country stops what they are doing and goes out onto the street to sing the national anthem and the 15 de septiembre anthem. Tonight, immediately after the anthems are sung, children participate in the “desfile de faroles” or parade of lanterns. They walk around the neighborhood of their elementary school with homemade paper lanterns.
Tomorrow Ticos celebrate with a parade of high school and elementary school bands through the center of major cities. People line up alongs the streets to watch the festivities. The parade starts at 8am.
