25 de julio de 2008

On July 25, the people of Costa Rica celebrate the Annexation of the District of Nicoya, or the "Anexion of Gauanacaste." Guanacaste is in the northwestern region of Costa Rica and is the largest of the largest and least populated provinces. It is CR's "wild west" due to the hot, dry climate, long stretches of plains and the many cattle ranches. The huge umbrella-shaped Guanacaste tree is native to the area and gives the province its name. The typical Guanacaste is a robust cowboy, taking care of cattle on horseback. Like the US, the legal holiday now falls on the Monday closest to July 25th so we will join the holiday on Monday with no school but Friday we celebrated the Anexión in the tradional way like people all over Costa Rica. That celebration includes folk dancing in beautiful costumes and marimba music. The women of San Jose wear white costumes while women of other cities wear different colored skirts. And then we enjoyed "horchata" a beverage made with milk, ground rice cinnamon, peanuts, chocolate and sugar, and "tamal" a corn dough filled with pork and vegetables, wrapped in a banana leaf and boiled. Wish you were here -
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