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| Light a small little flame and join us |
Please.
Do not even Try to visit
us during this festive season.
Un Million people are 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
for Saturday 12 Dic 2009. In the streets of San Jose Center.
This is the beginning of a Party that will
last Intill sunday third day of Jan 2010.

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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 little flame and join us.
United in
thought for one moment,
Lighting your light is to rekindle your Life for another year.
Be aware of your own inner light.
The beat of your heart.
We join in a celebration
to LIFE.
In memory of the only ONE.
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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 three
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.

“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 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.
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| The central valley and Lights of SIBO. |
Dic 22. The rainy season comes to an end, dry
summer month’s lies ahead. Fire was only to purify our food,
and years end, Suras fire, to give back what belong to her.
Time to
light the Fires to honor SIBÖSURA. So
they can see all their children, to count. And give us light for another year. Inner Light.
To clearly see what I should do to make SIBOSURA Happy in this new Year.
So
They can be proud of me.
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| Mask of Usekor Spokes person of the Living God. |
The
Living God "LIFE" would like to invite all those who create with
words
To be a Speaker for "LIFE"
The Only God.
The Living God.
There is only one law.
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| All LIFE is Equal Sacred and not one should go to waste |
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
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 obstacle
- a 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.
"Please in the name of LIFE".
Is a petition that can not be refused.
a Petition without reward - you only have 10 - like 10 wishes.
Please Give to Life and the Living - Grow and Make food for the world
Join us everywhere and light us a candle All these evenings until year end 2009. 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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