Culture & Lifestyle

With great excitement and expectation, I went to experience one of the most historic and unique traditional festivals held in Costa Rica: “The Dance of the Little Devils” (Diablitos), in the Boruca Indigenous Territory, located at the Southern Zone,...

Society often perpetuates stigmas and stereotypes about older adults, aging and old age. It is an obligation as a country not to issue speeches, narratives, texts and images that violate the integrity and dignity of older persons.The Inter-American Convention...

Cultural sensitivity is sometimes confused with general politeness and the desire not to offend people. But it is more than that. Cultural sensitivity is about deeply (and genuinely) understanding and respectingThe subtleties of another cultureStart by being aware of...

Mindfulness is one of the techniques that can bring the most benefits to the general population. However, in the case of older people, it specifically provides some benefits that are especially interesting. We want to talk to you about...

In Costa Rica, there are several bills focused on the modification of working hours per week and vacations which, of course, has generated numerous debates, in which the pros and cons have prevailed.Everything arose after the pandemic, putting on...

Today at the Melico Salazar Popular Theater, the Minister of Culture and Youth, Jorge Rodríguez Vives, together with the team of vice ministers and directors of the attached bodies of the Ministry of Culture and Youth (MCJ), announced the...

A pioneering project from the University of Costa Rica seeks to collect scientific data to answer the question of nutritional habits for our pets. The project researchers carried out various measurements and observations on the pets, and also conducted...

President-elect Donald Trump's repeated statements about a possible annexation of Canada to the United States provoked a strong reaction from the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak.Inherent rights predate creation of these two...

According to the Vital Statistics 2023 on population, births, deaths and marriages, published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) last November, 50,205 births were registered in Costa Rica during that year. Of the total, 25,507 were...

Customs and traditions are passed down from generation to generation, and despite the fact that globalization is wreaking havoc on world society, with the loss of identity, in Santa Cruz the situation is different, because the more they resemble...