Fights, Legends and the Virgin of Guadalupe: La Festival de la Yeguita

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Outward Bound Costa Rica

December 12 marks an annual celebration in Guanacaste called Fiesta de la Yeguita. Fiesta de la Yeguita, or Celebration of the Little Mare, commemorates an event that occurred many years ago in which a small black mare parted two brothers fighting over the same woman. Depending on the legend followed, the mare suddenly appeared because […]

Happy Independence Day, Costa Rica!

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Outward Bound Costa Rica

Costa Rica, along with the majority of Central America, celebrates its independence on the 15th of September. Each year this day is marked by parades in the early part of the day where school bands march and middle and high school girls wearing the country’s colors (blue, white and red) twirl batons. Often times faroles (lanterns) […]