Costa Rica: Arts and Culture

The other day my husband and I were on our way to the beach in Guanacaste and we happened upon the Hidden Garden Art Gallery. It was located just 5 km west of the Liberia airport between the Payless Car Rental and the German Bakery.

The three most popular dances from the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica known as bailes típicos include: the Cabillito Nicoyano (Little Horse from Nicoya ), El Torito (The Little Bull), and the Punto Guanacasteco (Guanacaste dance step).

Editus, a Costa Rican musical group merges modern and traditional jazz, new age, classical music and the authentic sound of Latin America. This is the only three time Grammy award winning band from Costa Rica.

Costa Rica was the site of many conquests by Spain on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. Christopher Columbus landed in 1502 in Limon on the Atlantic side.

Costa Rica is a Catholic country and for many Easter and the week leading up to it is the most important holiday of the year.

Costa Rica’s Pre- Columbian Gold Museum (Museo de Oro del Precolombino), holds the largest collection of Pre-Columbian Gold in Central America with more than 20,000 troy ounces of gold and 2,000 individual pieces.

One does not often hear people extolling the food of Costa Rica, as they would in countries such as Mexico, France or Italy. But Costa Rica has some amazing taste treats too.

First Nations Art

our ancestors learned from very early times to pass different messages to others related to their daily experience through plays, tales, fables, skits, poetry, songs lullabies, by whistling, humming, laughing and crying.