Culture & Lifestyle

For almost a decade, Costa Rica had lived within the current of liberalism that finally, after many attempts, had managed to enter the country.By 1889, Costa Ricans were submerged in one of the most interesting political campaigns in our...

Reinaldo Arenas, a Cuban novelist, and poet, once said that "mothers have that secret charm of treating us like children". This is a quote that every August 15th makes more sense than ever in Costa Rica. Why? Well, because...

Cinema in our country occupies a great place of preference; the assistance to the movie theaters is of great quantity. However, the country's film production is modest, with the production of documentaries, short films and the advertising industry predominating....

Carmen Granados, born in La Merced, San Jose, Costa Rica on April 26, 1915. Daughter of Don Manuel Granados and Doña María Cristina Soto Pereira. Due to financial problems she could not finish high school. Very early on she...

The sky is clear and it is a sunny day, although it will not stay like this forever, pity, it will fade away like everything that lives; already in the afternoon this sun will be another and this sky...

The presence of this cultural manifestation has been enriching the history of our country, assigning an enriching diversity that manifests itself in different elements, such as language, food, music, dances, arts, crafts, architecture, festivities, and religion among others. The...

At the end of the 18th century, coffee came to Costa Rica for the first time. It was also the first Central American country to develop this important crop. In those remote times, our country had subsistence agriculture, but...

Within the current dynamics of the societies that interact culturally, economically and politically in more than 180 countries that make up the international community, we have the conviction that it is necessary to place our planet in a continuous...

Tico is a word composed of 2 syllables that, in turn, comes from the Latin combined with a certain Greek root. With this word, we refer to the colloquial language that identifies any Costa Rican.Historically, the name "tico" was...

The word Folklore was coined, in the 17th century, by a man who used to give a word to everything that people transmitted. Thus, in essence, the term refers to the acquired knowledge of a specific people.That is why,...