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History Light Festival Costa Rica

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| Light a small little flame and join us |
2012 - Entering the Era of Light, Insight
and Vision.
| Central Valley by night during the Light Festival |

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| The central valley and Lights of SIBO. |
| Our Best Wishes for Inner light. |

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| Best wishes |
| Light Festival Costa Rica |

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| People in a side street from the Main Artery |
Please. Do not even Try to visit
us during this festive season. One Million person is a crowd. (Just local residents). If you do not speak the language you get isolated and very
lost. Having fun might
change into a personal nightmare. “And if it Rain, or you get sick with swine flu?”
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| Muni anounce program for years end |
The Municipality of San Jose announcted every
year with great fanfare the program for the Festival of Light. Starting around the second Saturday of Dic. This year it is for
Saturday 10 Dic 2011. In the
streets of San Jose Center. This is the beginning of a Party that will last Intill the first work day of the new year meaning sunday of
Jan 2012.

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| Special tribute to our National Under-20 Footbal Team |
Lights will take
over the capital to give way to what is considered the most anticipated holiday event for the Costa Rican family in which
eight parade floats, 10 bands and 12 cheerleading groups participate. Special tribute to our
National Under-20 Footbal Team, which recently won fourth place in the World Youth Soccer Championship,
played in Egypt, also awarded the golden glove as best goal keeper world wide. They
all will be honered riding the lead float.

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| Rekindle your Life for another year. |
Where ever you may be on the evening of 24 Dec. Just Light a small flame
and join us. United in thought for one moment, Lighting your small flame is to Rekindle your Life for another year. To be aware of your own inner light. The beat of your heart. We join in a celebration to LIFE. In memory
of the ONE Life we share.
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| Light and colors everywhere |
Festival of Light
in San Jose Costa Rica. Insight and detail on our Nationwide Celebrations, as I am not inviting - just a verbal insight of happenings.
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| Everybody Graduate and Schools close |
Begining early in December with homes and businesses
putting up decorationes, lights and "Portales" (Nativity Scenes) which are always unique and colorful. Competition for best Portal runs through Dec.
22. The Schools, Colleges, and Universities all close for years end, around the second Friday of December. For the next two
weeks it is a Carnival with many sub stages.
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| Just like Chrismas anywhere in the world. |
Every evening the
young ones take to the downtown streets to sing and dance and join the candle parade in a celebration
to inner light.
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| The Ticos just love bright festif colors. |
This party continues until “El Tope” the (horse parade) on 26 and “Carnival”
27 Dec. with floats and lots of color. From then on everybody disappear to the beaches, and other holiday resorts to be back
home for new years eve for a big midnight fireworks display that might last until 0200hrs.
| Light Festival - Decorated Dinner table |

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| Personajes negritos Huanuco |

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“Fiesta de los Negritos” week of Dec. 8 Held in the Indian village of Boruca, and ancient Indian ritual is combined
with honoring the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, with extravagant costumes, music of drum and flute, dance, joined Nationwide
with Fireworks
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| Male and Female riders. |
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| Riding the bull |
“Fiesta de la Yeguita” (Little Mare)- Dec 12 Held
in Nicoya. Bullfights and riding the bull, with a parade followed by a party
in the Parque Central of Nicoya with food, music, concerts and fireworks, and the children have lots of fun. It is all for
them in the true sence of the word.
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| Basilica De Los Angeles CR |
Misa de Gallo (literally, Mass of the Rooster). At midnight Dec 24.Catholic Churches celebrate “Las Posadas”in the residencial areas, begining Dec 15, carolers go from
house to house and are treated to refreshments.
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| Light Festivals everywhere |
“Festejos Populares” (Year-end Festivals) - Dec 25 until 31 San Jose, concentrated in the suburb of Zapote. The fairground is transformed
into amusement park with tons of rides and food, bullfights (No killing,
mostly clowning around with the bulls playing chicken), and evening fireworks.
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| View from a side street |
“El Tope”.Dec 26 Held downtown San Jose. (Right down the main street.) A horse parade and traditional ox drawn decorated coffee
carts, all proudly displays the equine traditions and unique Criollo breeds. We have some excellent horses here.
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| Festival of luz floats in the streets |
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| Carnaval float San Jose Costa Rica |
Carnival - Dec 27 Once again, downtown San Jose
is the scene of a huge parade with incredible floats and music. That brings to an end our “Festival
de la Luz”. San José's week long festival of lights, marked by lighting displays and concerts every evening after
dark. Carnival includes 15 floats, Vintage Cars, 14 bands, and thousands of lights and is one of the
most important events of the festive season in Costa Rica. Please
take Note. Expect traffic
delays and crowds of over one million people gathering in downtown San Jose. Don’t even try to drive into the fiesta
like a spectator tourist. Walk just like everybody else, you will meet the people, participate and be Carnivaling.
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| Tamal gift |
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| Tamal with salsa to go. |
Eating and Drinking. Tamales just might
be the best food ever created. If you have ever had a good one, you know just what I am talking about. In modern times, with
the addition of now more available things like raisins, mushrooms, prunes and even stuffed olives or two. Tamales have become
a favorite food in Central America, ideal for the festive outings. It can be observed that it is really as much about
making them, as it is about eating them. A group effort, Tamale making is a social event. A time to renew old friendships
and make new ones. During this time young women would return home to make tamales with their mother.
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| Tico Snacks |
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| Platter of "Boquitas" for everybody |
This tamale making tradition has expanded beyond the Hispanic community, and the warmth and love with which they
share them with neighbors and travelers passing by. In making tamales, you are not just making and sharing great food, you are creating memories, but
there is something special about tamale memories. I think it is the combination of the Festive mood time, the smells, and
the wonderful taste that combine to create a poignant memory that will last a lifetime. And the small boy takes the olive
out for grandpa, because he personally doesn’t like them. Nothing goes to waste, only the leaf wrappings.
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| Tipical Food display with Tamales. |
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| Teatro Nacional San Jose |
Now adays, things have changed, Commercialized,
you can even buy them plastic wrapped in the supermarket. I can assure you they don’t taste like Granma’s. For
the matriarch making tamales, takes them back to a simpler and more peaceful time. Tradition Tico.
This is the image suposedly painted
On the dome of our National Museum many years ago. I think it show the spirt of the Ticos to
Celebrate to Life once a year
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| Ticas Dancing folklore with our national colors |
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| Famed Dance Group |
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| Tamales to take along to gatherings |
Tamales can be traced back as early as 5000 BC Those
were the times before money existed. You can not buy food you must learn to
feed yourselfs. On their long exploring missions. They served as a nutritious and portable food, for
Aztec, Mayan, and Incan warriors, on “misions”.
Recooked everyday they last for a week or longer
in the wrapper.It is all about wrapping
them right, 5 layers of banna leave.They
add oil to seal the leaves and salt to Control bacterial growth.Just the right amount of salt penetrate the wrapping, to give the saltless inner mix, just the right taste.As days go by they get even better and last a month.
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| Warm water springs as a gathering place |
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| Precolombian Interamerican high way for pedestrians. |
Large festive gatherings to the Waterfals, and termal springs, to camp and party
for a while on fermented bevereges (beer) and later for a few days on the Beach. From border to border mases of people in transit, Walking on the 10meter wide stone
paved, public road Interamerican Highway that still exist to this very day Over grown by jungle yes. Because there are no more people left to full these roads. As the last days aproach transit become more intence day and night they walk.
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| Tipica scene amerindio live style |
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| Sunrise in the mountains |
Reach your destination in time, (Planed daytrips) Start bright
and early to be back before the afternoon rain.
To welcom a new day from a high peak to watch the rising sun. And all the children of SIBU open their arms to embrace the Sun. Even
the Flowers open their faces and give perfume, to
greet the sun and call the insects to a feast. And Sura is happy
and smile And the Sun dry her tears.
| Awa the Dream Maker. |

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| The Gift of Insight to enter the Era of Light, Insight and Vision - 2012 |
Normally around Dic 22. The rainy season comes to an end,
dry summer month’s lies ahead. Fire under strick control was to
purify our food, and years end, Sura's fire, to give back what
belong to her. Time to light the Fires to honor SIBÖ. So they can see all their children, to count, and give us light for another year. Inner Light. To clearly see what we should do to make SIBÚSÚLA
Happy - in this new Year. So They can be proud of Us. Because it was the Era
when Man had a Honor and Pride in his word.
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| Mask of Usekor Spokes person of the Living God. |
The result of the Supremacy of Objective Reason Therefore if you Speak for LIFE you dictate with the Voice of
God.. Speak for
IDREA - our Cosmos, with
Conviction and Authority.
Awa dóne the Mask of Usekór Simbol of the spokes person of Sibú,
the Living God of the Tico Tribe. It does not matter who is behind the Mask
"In the
name of LIFE Decree"

All LIFE is Equal Sacred, and not one should go
to waste Build in words, and
Picture a New World in the minds of Man, around LIFE, the center of all. Live and let Live Now Immerge many many new laws even animal rights. Ej Before eating to bow your head for a moment Ask forgivenes in respect for the Living you are going to enjoy. Amen
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| All LIFE is Equal Sacred and not one should go to waste |
And let us remind you that,
about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, 'Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?' in other words, 'My God, My God, why are you
abandoning me’
This was the moment he realized the God Within was abandoning him. Meaning Life - This was His last words. So
the World can Share and Know - these Sacred words is knowledge of Life. Today
His memory is still with us and many await his return to LIFE. He
is the Symbol of LIFE meaning, a Living God. We are all Alive now.
A Teacher of LIFE say farewell to money. because Teachers
of the Knowledge are carried on the hands of the living wherever they go. Everybody
dedicated to Life have no bigger reward than The Knowledge of it all
is like a digital credit card without limits. Knowledge open all doors,
overcome all obstacles - The Power of know how. After all you only have, What you can carry away with
you, by "Native law." Now listen careful to the Magic
Words - no forgiving if abused by parasites and free loaders.
"Please, in the name of LIFE". Is a petition that can not be refused. a Petition without reward - you
only have 3 - like 3 wishes. Please Give to Life and the Living - Grow and Make food for the
world With a full belly - Imagine, a kitten comfy asleep. Food
brings contentment, harmony and peace - it is an Art to know how to live in peace - with your neighbors - to share with all.
It is evil to be a hoarder - of space and things you are not even going to enjoy. Hoarder
of gold.
Join us everywhere and light us a candle All these evenings until years end 2010. In a celebration to Life Annual Festival of Inner Light Wishing you all a very
Happy Christmas. And a very Prosperous
New Year I wish you all inner light
To see your Life and future very clear
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