Culture & Lifestyle

The ‘pyramid’ or the largest stepped temple in the world is in San Andrés Cholula, in Puebla (Mexico). The Magic Town is also characterized by its large number of Catholic temples and other historical buildings. Of course, legends have...

Cahuita recalled this past Saturday the African slaves that in March 1710 lost their lives in what is today the national park and where the people as Kawe Ta had been born before. Two galleons (large ships) heading towards...

The Special Rapporteur of the United Nations (UN) on the rights of indigenous peoples, Francisco Calí Tzay, of the Mayan Cakchiquel ethnic group and born in Guatemala, made an academic visit to our country from August 20 to 25,...

"The Gala Parade means for Limonenses and for Afro-descendants a way of artistic cultural manifestation and gastronomy, to share our traditions, values and principles with the rest of the country." This is how the deputy head of the National...

The Costa Rican Legislative Assembly definitively approved this past Wednesday the declaration of December 10th of each year as National Human Rights Day

On December 28th, 2020, the United Nations General Assembly - with the support of 52 member states - adopted the resolution promoted by the Tico government to proclaim August 31st as the International Day of Afro-descendants, and on the...

The National Assembly deputies approved, in the first debate, a bill to declare August 31st, the Day of the Black Person and Afro-Costa Rican Culture, free for the working population. "The declaration as a non-compulsory holiday is a necessary...

Costa Rican musicians -men and women- have the option of accessing a fund of ¢ 30 million. This money is thanks to the National Program for the Development of the Performing Arts (Proartes) and the National Music Center (CNM).

Costa Rica stands out, known for being one of the best preserved nature reserves on the planet.

The Costa Rican Sports and Recreation Federation of Indigenous Peoples prepares the first edition of the Ancestral National Sports Games. It is a competition that seeks to strengthen the cultural and spiritual identity of indigenous peoples at the national...