Costa Rica Culture & Vacations

by Bret G. Dudl
16.11.09
9:00 AM UTC

Filed in Costa Rica

By: Jamie Hanson

Costa Rica is formally termed as “Republic of Costa Rica” is located in Central America. It is surrounded by Nicaragua on the northern side, Panama to the East and southern side with Pacific Ocean to its West side and Caribbean Sea to its East side.

Costa Rica actually means “Rich Coast” which has vast stretches of sparkling and beautiful beaches. It is even known as “Switzerland of the Americas” due to its greenery, flora and fauna, and ecology. Costa Rica has pleasant and comfortable climate and also amazing nature. This is the major factor that the tourism industry has grown greatly in last few years.

Thousands of tourists worldwide come to visit this wonderful country and relax themselves. It is a great holiday spot for all the nature lovers all over the world. It is truly considered as heaven on earth. Its far beyond words to articulate the real loveliness of this incredible country-Costa Rica. Costa Rica provides shelter to huge variety of animals and plants. It encloses 5% of the world’s complete ecology. You will be amazed to see several national parks and highly protected areas as a tribute to wild animals, birds and plants.

Corcovado National Park is one of the well-known national parks here. The 4 Costarican monkeys are all found here. Tortuguero National Park- Tortuguero means full of Turtles, gives protection to howler, spider and white throated Capuchin monkeys, a lot of species of birds as well as great variety of reptiles. It also provides nesting for endangered green turtle along with leatherback, loggerhead, and hawksbill. The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is shelter to greater than 2000 plant species with a number of orchids. You will be surprised to see the huge collection of different animals here.

Therefore, it is truly great visiting these spots to surprise yourself with immense biodiversity found here. Just like the developed European countries, the culture in Costa Rica resembles it. Christianity is the major and principal religion here, but Roman Catholicism is the formal state religion. But it also allows freedom of religion. Therefore, you will find the Christian culture existing in this God-blessed country-Costa Rica.

Spanish is the main language here and about 97% of the total population considers Spanish as their mother tongue. These days, Latin American culture is present here whereas the Pre-Columbian culture is nearly non-existing. The highly respected Christian religion as well as the widely spoken Spanish language form the two main pillars of Costa Rican culture.

But, tremendous efforts are taken by the department of youth, culture and sports to encourage the cultural life in Costa Rica. National Symphony Orchestra and Youth Symphony of Costa Rica helps in promotion of youth and culture here. Guitar is the most highly recognized musical instrument and is mostly used in folk dances of Costa Rica. Reggae and Reggaeton are popular dance forms here along with salsa, cumbia, soca, meringue, bachata, and Costa Rican swing. Therefore, Costa Rica is actually a energetic country where people greatly enjoy their lives to the highest.

Rating 3.00 out of 5