There are two important religious celebrations during the year for Catholic costarricans: Holy Week and August 2nd., Day of La Virgen de Los Angeles, the patron saint of Costa Rica. The day was considered big enough to be placed with Mother´s Day next, on August 15.
During the days before August 2nd., an estimated more than [...]
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Museo de Arte Costarricense
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I guess there must be plenty of urban legends about infanticides, so the theme is still disturbingly actual. But this is a costarrican legend about the days of old when unwanted pregnacies were more than inconvenient, unconceivable.
Not existing any abortion clinics at the time, this girl decided she would rather have the baby [...]
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