Culture & Lifestyle

The Costa Rican folk tradition has diverse cultural manifestations that include music, dance, legends, traditions, songs, popular proverbs, tales, sayings, romances, riddles, which are common and recognizable by the majority of the population of the country and which are...

(This week is the tenth installment of the book, “The Band Director’s Lessons About Life”, which TCRN is publishing as a series during 2020. This week, band director and spiritual author Donald Lee relates a parable about recognizing what’s...

In the artistic expressions of our country, you can recognize a common thread through innumerable years of pre and post Columbian history, identifiable in myths, heroes, legends and popular expressions. Many techniques and styles have been practiced, and there...

César Valverde Vega (San José, March 8, 1928) was a Costa Rican painter, writer, and lawyer, planner, public official, and diplomat. He was one of the first muralists in Costa Rica and a member of "Grupo Ocho", a group...

The Steinvorth Building, also called the Steinvorth Warehouse, is a two-story building located in San José, Costa Rica. Built-in 1907 by the Italian Francesco Tenca Pedrazzini, commissioned by the brothers Wilhelm, Walter and Otto Steinvorth Ulex, German merchants based...

Yolanda Oreamuno Unger was a Costa Rican writer who ventured her works into essays, stories, and novels. She constitutes one of the most important personalities of Tico literature, being always Avant-garde in her life and work. She was the...

The Castle of Del MoroThe "Castillo Del Moro", also known as the Castillo de Amón or Casa Del Moro, is a building located in the city of San José, Costa Rica. Built-in 1930 on behalf of its owner, the...

According to a recent study entitled “Profile of Digital Animation in Costa Rica”, carried out by the Foreign Trade Promoter (PROCOMER), this sector shows a strong orientation towards the export of its services, since 42% of the companies that...

(This week is the ninth installment of the book, “The Band Director’s Lessons About Life”, which TCRN is publishing as a series during 2020. This week, band director and spiritual author Donald Lee relates a parable about gratitude. For...

Known for his diverse sculptures and extensive work in the field of architecture, Ibo Bonilla Oconitrillo has become one of Costa Rica's most influential artists. He is an architect, sculptor, geobiologist, pedagogue, math teacher and business administrator. He has...