Photos: National Oxcart Parade celebrates Costa Rican culture and traditions in San José
The National Oxcart Parade celebrated Costa Rican history and traditions in the streets of San José on Sunday.
More than 200 teams of oxen (yuntas de bueyes), accompanied by music and folk dances, marched from La Sabana Metropolitan Park to Plaza de la Democracia as part of the festivities.
Thousands of people crowded the streets of San José for photos — and for some lucky spectators, rides — on the colorful oxcarts.
Painted oxcarts are a national symbol of Costa Rica. (We wrote about their history here.)
The event organizers said the parade is meant to help Ticos remember their roots and the importance of agriculture, and to bridge a gap between urban and rural Costa Rica.
Here are some of our favorite photos from the National Oxcart Parade:
You may be interested
Some progress, and a complicated legacy, 10 months after Sergio Rojas’s murder
John McPhaul - January 18, 2020Ten months after the murder of Bribrí indigenous leader Sergio Rojas, Costa Rican authorities appear to be making progress in…
Pic of the Day: Bill regulating strikes approved in second debate
The Tico Times - January 17, 2020The Costa Rican Congress approved Thursday a bill that regulates the right to strike, while hundreds of public workers protested…
Terrorism and Venezuela will be focus for Pompeo in Costa Rica, Latin America
Alina Dieste / AFP and The Tico Times - January 17, 2020The fight against terrorism and the crisis in Venezuela will dominate U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s seventh visit to…
