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"Tour de un día" " Cruceros de Aventura Costa Rica Información General A ... Sitio WAP Costa Rica Histor ia Geogra fía ... ios Cultur a Cultur a Costarricenses La inmensa mayoría de los costarricenses son blancos, principalmente de ascendencia española. Menos del 2% de la población es negra, excepto por una escasa población del Caribe en la provincia de Limón. Cerca del 33% de los habitantes encuentran su origen o ascendencia ya sea a principios de la esclavitud en Costa Rica o por la inmigración de fuerzas laborales provenientes de Jamaica para trabajar en la construcción del Ferrocarril y en las plantaciones de banano a finales del siglo XIX. Tribus Indígenas Sólo queda un pequeño número de indígenas, menos del 1% de la población. Nótese que la traducción literal de indígena es indio, el cual es un insulto para los habitantes indígenas de Costa Rica. Ellos prefieren el término de Indígena, el cual significa habitante nativo. Se estima que la población indígena varía de 5000 a 30000 la cifra más alta y esto es lo más parecido si uno incluye los no indígenas de pura sangre. Muchos indígenas se han unido hasta cierto punto ya que ellos son más o menos indistinguibles de otros costarricenses. Ellos fueron sistematicamente discriminados a principios de los años 1900, ni siquiera permitiéndoseles pasar la noche en la ciudad, sin embargo, con la Constitución de 1949, se les otorgaron igualdad de derechos.

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Limon - Culture L Costa Rica large banana plantations that are native to the eastern region. At the port city of we head south and continue along the Atlantic coast until we arrive in Puerto Viejo. The Caribbean coast is very unique in its culture where the food, music and way of life are greatly influenced by the indigenous, Chinese and African cultures. Famous for its beaches, the Caribbean Coast boasts over its two most beautiful ones, Puerto Viejo and Manzanillo. Some beaches have restaurants, kayak rentals, and horse back riding available. T he history of Costa Rica and the reasons it has been able to exist as a neutral country firmly committed to social welfare and free elections are to be examined . Costa Ricans live without an army, preferring to invest their resources in hospitals and schools rather than machine guns and tanks. is the only of Costa Rica's seven provinces to be entirely on the Caribbean side of the Continental Divide, and thus its weather is directly affected by the flow of warm, moist air brought in off this body of water by the northeast trade winds. The result is a climate with no pronounced dry season, even though it does tend to be less rainy in the months of March, April, September, and October, and typically rains mostly in June, July, August, November, and December. The lowland regions remain warm and humid year-round, while the higher portions are both cooler and wetter.

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Cartago - Culture B asilica de Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles, named after the Patron Saint of Costa Rica, is constructed on the site of a miracle. On August 2, 1635, The Virgin showed herself as a doll made of stone to a poor girl named Juana Pereira. The girl took the doll home to play with, but the doll disappeared, then reappeared at the spot where she had first seen it. This was viewed as a sign that the virgin wanted a church built here, and so was it done There is a spring in the back part of the cathedral. The water from here is believed to have healing properties. Every second of August , Costa Ricans ask The Virgin for special favours, many of them walking or even crawling on hands and knees from their home towns to the Cathedral to present their petitions, hoping these sacrifices will be noticed and their requests granted. Cartago's central park (between Avenidas 1 and 2 and Calle Central and Calle 2) is worth visiting. Facing the park are Las Ruinas de Cartago of the Iglesia de la Parroquia. The Cartogan Ruins of the Church of la Parroquia. The church was built in 1575, damaged by many earthquakes and rebuilt many times by the Cartagineses. The whopper quake of 1910 finally levelled the structures, so today only the walls still stand, overgrown inside by a profusion of lovely tropical plants and flowers.

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Costa Rican Early Beliefs Costa Rican Spiritual Life Experiencing the Costa Rican Culture Mystery and Speculation ... Site Navigation Other ethnic groups like the Boruca, Bribri, Cabecar, Guaymi, Huetar and Guatuso spoke a language that was rooted in the great continent to the south, probably in the vicinity of Columbia. This became even more complex as emigres from the Caribbean moved into permanent settlements along the coast bringing with them strong Caribe and Arawak sounds. Some of the old words for geographical locations have disappeared along with influences of arriving Spanish settlers but a few have remained pure like Talamanca or Poas or Tiskita. They reflect three different languages, yet tell a story in translation. Talamanca means place of blood, a reference to the butchering of turtles on the Caribbean coast during seasonal migrations. Poas is the buttery yellow flower that grows among the patchwork of thorns and thistles near the volcano's summit and Tiskita is the swift Osprey or fish eagle as it is commonly called by the people of the Osa Peninsula. A complex puzzle of gods, minor deities, sacred plants and animals as well as changes in the night skies were all part of the great mysteries, interpreted by Sharmans and Caciques. The wisest could predict and make recommendations based on celestial movement, foretell of good or evil in times of plagues and natural disasters. Where men failed, gods gained strength and were given exemplary powers, interpreted and carried out by appointees, chosen by a headman or Carcique. As farming became more sophisticated, cultivation left the shade of the canopy for clearings and the soil was broken to accept a seed or rootstock or small plants, then too came the need to predict the seasons. When would the winds fall, rains begin and fields be furtile for planting.

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