[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Costa Rica's indigenous tribes have inhabited the country for centuries. The government of Costa Rica has committed itself to the protection of these tribes in order to ensure their survival and preserve their traditional...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Sebastian Kaya Salgueiro is a reggae musician from Uruguay, who has been living in Costa Rica for 10 years. After catching one of his recent performances in Tamarindo, we reached out to him with an invitation to tell...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Early in his career, Mexican artist Diego Rivera copied the classical art of his European contemporaries. Wanting to capture the history of the pre-Hispanic people that were his ancestors, none of whom were reflected in...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]For Costa Rican sculptor Heiner Guido, wood is much more than the raw material he uses to create captivating works of art. It’s a communication medium — something solid and immobile that speaks to him before being brought...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="50235" img_size="full"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] The Best of Guanacaste Expressed Through Art Featured photo "Dia de la Lava Ropes," Artist: Susan Adams Guanacaste is an amazing province of Costa...
Written by Debbie Bride & Marian Paniagua To be sure, the tiny village of Guaitil is off the beaten path, but not too far off. Nor is it a difficult drive or hard to find, and the trip takes you through a particularly scenic area of Costa Rica’s Guanacaste...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Imagine a world where the human population vanished. We've seen movies and read stories with different media adaptations about living in a futurist apocalyptic world. “The Last of Us” is a popular video game with an...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Welcome once more to our Artist Spotlight series called “Making a Scene.” In this issue, we feature the selected works of Costa Rican artist Allan Murillo, who was profiled in the January 2021 Howler article entitled...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]The construction of the building that now houses the National Center of Culture (CENAC) began in 1853, by mandate of the then President of the Republic Juan Rafael Mora Porras, which makes it one of the oldest in San...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Reaching for the stars can refer to any kind of lofty ambition, but sometimes it can be taken literally. An impressive number of Costa Ricans have launched careers that found them closer to outer space than most of us...
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Fandoms of comic and pop culture conventions alike will converge for Comic Con Costa Rica (C2CR), May 5, 6 and 7, 2023 at the National Convention Center in San José. The country’s largest pop culture event promises...
[vc_row][vc_column width="5/6"][vc_column_text] Photos courtesy of Facebook Group: Fotografias Antiguas Indígenas de Costa Rica - CLICK HERE Talamanca, 1912. Located in the extreme southeast of the province of Limón, this canton today has the highest percentage of...