Holidays Archives

Arts & Culture

Thanksgiving Around the World: A Celebration of Gratitude and Harvest

Steven Hodel - November 28, 2024

Costa Rica

Happy Easter from Costa Rica!

Arts and Culture

How is Easter Week (Semana Santa) in Costa Rica?

Arts and Culture

How to Make Mexican Pan de Muerto (Bread of the Dead)

Costa Rica

Celebrating Mathematics in Costa Rica on International Pi Day

The Tico Times -

The unique holiday was founded in 1988 by physicist Larry Shaw and took place at the Exploratorium a San Francisco-based interactive science museum. Every March...

Costa Rica

March 8 is International Women’s Day 2022

Mary Ann Stark -

Women have been around since the time of Eve yet we still find a need to call for equality. The world still considers it...

Costa Rica’s Valentine’s Day: Love it or Leave it

The Tico Times -

There appear to be two schools of thought when it comes to Valentine’s Day: Love it or Leave it. Those of the older generation...

Arts and Culture

Valentine’s in Costa Rica: Beware of Armed Cherubs

Mitzi Stark -

Hearts, candy, flowers, mood music and that chubby-cheeked cherub in a loincloth – you guessed it. Valentine's Day is coming. Romance makes for strange bedfellows,...

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