Costa Rica

Costa Rica preserves oxcart craft, Afro-Caribbean culture and Indigenous Bribri traditions.

Crafts Spirituality & rites Food & cooking Music & dance Language & oral

Knowledge in this place

Painted oxcarts

Painted oxcarts

The colorful boyeo oxcart tradition of Sarchí, inscribed by UNESCO as intangible heritage.

Bribri cacao knowledge

Bribri cacao knowledge

Among the Bribri, cacao holds sacred status and its cultivation and ritual use are guided by women.

Spirituality & rites

Gallo pinto

Gallo pinto

A breakfast staple of rice and beans cooked together with herbs and Salsa Lizano.

Calypso limonense

Calypso limonense

An Afro-Caribbean storytelling music tradition of the Limón province with guitar and percussion.

Bribri language

Bribri language

An Indigenous Chibchan language of the Talamanca region, sustained by community schools.

Language & oral