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Agenda
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AUGUST
National Parks Day
31
Día de la Persona Negra y la Cultura Afrocostarricense: Day of Black People and Afro-Costa Rican Culture. Flowers of the African Diaspora Festival in Limón. Grand Parade of Limón: The Grand Parade is the culmination of a month in which the people of Limón celebrate the values and tradition of black culture with dances, music, floats and traditional costumes. The Day of Black People and Afro-Costa Rican Culture is held on August 31 of each year. Music, dance, dress and costumes inspired by African roots, full of colors and shapes are part of the way in which the joy of African descent is expressed, “Back to Our Roots”.
Coconut Festival, Siquirres
Costa Rican Independence Day
Observation of birds migrating north, Puerto Viejo, Talamanca
Stone pulling ceremony, ancestral Bribri tradition. Upper Talamanca
Observation of birds migrating north, Puerto Viejo, Matina and Talamanca
Intercultural and Recreational Festival Matina Land of Inspiration
Observation of birds migrating north, Puerto Viejo, Matina and Talamanca
Turiarte Fair. Organized by the Municipality of Guácimo
Gran Parade Siquirres
The Calypso Music Festival
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SEPTEMBER
Lantern parade
15
EXPOCOCI, Guápiles
All month
25
Commemoration of the arrival of Christopher Columbus. Parade of bands and escorts in the city of Limón.
12
OCTOBER
Carnivals of Limón
All month
NOVEMBER
All month
Observation of birds migrating north, Puerto Viejo, Matina and Talamanca
DECEMBER
All month 13-15
Photo: Pablo Camacho
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