For Some Ticos, Good Friday is Celebrated Tackling a Giant Crocodile.
Semana Santa, or Easter week, began in Costa Rica this past weekend on Palm Sunday with masses and processions marking Jesus’s entrance into Bethlehem before his execution and resurrection. For many Costa Ricans, this is the most important religious event of the year, and people [...]

Filed under: Cultural Events on April 7th, 2009 | No Comments »

Tom and Gisele to Marry a Second Time Next Weekend in Costa Rica.
The sleepy beach town of Mal Pais, on the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, will play host to an exclusive group of A-list guests and family members of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen for their second wedding of the [...]

Filed under: Cultural Events on March 24th, 2009 | No Comments »

Take in Free Theater this Weekend at the National Park, Crowned by a Statue of the Battle of Rivas.
Every year the Municipality of San Jose takes on its calling to turn the city into the cultural capital of the country by organizing a series of festivals related to the arts, culture and music. This weekend [...]

Filed under: Cultural Events on March 13th, 2009 | No Comments »

San Jose to Assert Itself as Cultural Center With Weekend Art Festival.
As is typical of the summer months in Costa Rica, the streets of San Jose will come alive this weekend with the IV Summer Festival Transitarte, which takes place from Friday the 13th through Sunday March 15. The festival is organized by the Municipality [...]

Filed under: Cultural Events on March 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Costa Rican Bulls Get Quite the Work Out Every January and February.
After the Fiestas Palmares are expected to go out with a bang this weekend, party goers won’t have to wait long, or at all, to find the next party destination in Costa Rica. As annual tradition goes, the first two months of the year [...]

Filed under: Cultural Events on January 29th, 2009 | No Comments »

The Search Continues as Costa Rica Takes a Week to Honor Earthquake Victims.
The Costa Rica government declared a week of mourning for the deaths caused by Thursday’s magnitude 6.2 earthquake. At last count, the Costa Rican Red Cross tallied 18 victims, while the Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ) has officially declared 15 deaths. The official total [...]

Filed under: Cultural Events on January 12th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Situated 300 miles away from Costa Rican mainland, Isla de Coco is a somewhat untouched part of Costa Rica that manages to escape the influx of tourists. It is the world’s largest uninhabited island all be it for a few park rangers who insure that the paradise is preserved and it is this preservation that [...]

Filed under: Cultural Events on January 9th, 2009 | No Comments »