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This is a list of festivals celebrated in Costa Rica: [1] This list includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk festivals, and recurring festivals on holidays.
Danza de los Diablitos (The Dance of the Little Devils) is a three-day annual festival, held December 31 through January 2 by the Boruca people, an indigenous people in Costa Rica. The male participants of the tribe perform a ritual dance re-enacting the Spanish conquest wearing elaborate costumes.
The Red Sismológica Nacional (National Seismological Network) reported the strength of the tremor as magnitude 4.6, at a depth of 80 kilometres, while the Observatorio Vulcanológico y Sismológico de Costa Rica (Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Costa Rica) described it as a magnitude 4.8 earthquake at a depth of 100 km. [98]
Palmares has an area of 1.14 km 2 [3] and an elevation of 1,017 metres. [1] It is in the Central Valley (Valle Central), 6 kilometers southeast of the city of San Ramón , 38 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital city of Alajuela , and 56 kilometers from the national capital city of San Jose .
2 February – First Sunday in February: Costa Ricans cast their ballots for a new president, two vice presidents, and 57 Legislative Assembly lawmakers. No presidential candidate won 40 percent of the vote so the two leading candidates, Luis Guillermo Solís (30.64%) and Johnny Araya Monge (29.71%), proceeded to a second round vote to take place on 6 April.
The following category is for festivals in Costa Rica, including arts festivals, fairs, carnivals, religious festivals, and other types. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
Parque Viva is a sporting and entertainment complex located in Alajuela, Costa Rica.. Parque Viva is the first entertainment center of its kind in Central America. [1] The park, spanning over a total area of 30,000 square meters (approx. 7.41 acres or 3 ha), includes the 16k-seat Coca-Cola Amphitheatre, Circuit Go Rigo Go, and Centro Printea.
In 1824, the Virgin was declared Costa Rica's patron saint. La negrita now resides on a gold, jewel-studded platform at the main altar in the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles in Cartago. Each 2 August, on the anniversary of the statuette's discovery, pilgrims travel 22 kilometres (14 mi) from San José to the basilica.