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| The local agricultural technical school (largest in Central America) had my fave! This is the traditional dress from post colonial days with men’s in next photo. |
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| Students of Agriculture come here from all over the Americas, including U.S. I can see some of the school farms used for SFS, Sustainable Field Service We help improve agriculture all over the Americas! |
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| Beautifully painted oxcarts are a long time tradition here. Two in the parade. |
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| Riding barefoot is a doubtful tradition, though maybe early youth did so. |
Día de la Mascarada or “Traditional Costa Rican Masquerade” (31 October) originated as an adaption of Spanish Carnival. The local band, una cimarróna, strikes up a beat for the masked characters to dance or walk in a parade or fiesta. The next 5 photos are of the masked characters in this particular parade by a school or organization I did not catch the name of:
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| A Fire Truck, Bombero, always leads off in every parade, this time followed by a group of “Future Firemen of Costa Rica” or some similar name in Spanish. |
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| Not sure how 3 younger teens got to skate in the parade, trying to show off, but none of them exceptionally good! I guess they see this as future or current culture!? |
COSTA RICA EXTRA TIDBIT:
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| Surfer at Manuel Antonio Beach |
And will the World Surfing Games (link to article in English) be held in Costa Rica in 2016? Only if someone comes up with $1 Million Dollars in next two weeks (see article) and it is doubtful the CR government will spend that much. But, after all guys, Costa Rica came away from this year’s contest with the most gold medals! (link to 2015 tournament page)
It is like the national sport for those who live on the Pacific coast and Jaco is considered one of the best surfing beaches in the world. Not my passion, but very interesting! Here’s a surfer shot I made at Manuel Antonio Beach last year in mild waves.
Pura Vida! And tomorrow, my last installment of Fotographias de 15 de septiembre desfile: CARAS (FACES) – maybe the best parade post! 🙂