Cultural Influences In Costa Rica

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Costa Rica That is not matter where we are at which City, which Country, or which Continent we always have a place to call back-home. I was born in Costa Rica, Central America; consequently, limiting North with Nicaragua and South with Panama. Costa Rica have many of cultural influences like Indianians, European, afrocaribean, and Asian. The official language is Spanish, but local Indigenous spoken Maléku, Cabécar, Bribri, Guaymi, and Buglere; in addition, immigration to Costa Ricabrought Afro-Caribs, who spoke an English-bases creole language called Maketelyu or Patua. Costa Rica is very traditionalists also fallowing by Catholic Religion as predominant as a cultural legacy. As a example celebrate Jesus birthday, the wise man arrival,

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