The Importance Of Costa Rican Marriages

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One holiday that is very important to the Costa Rican people is the celebration of the harvest of their own coffee crop. When the crop has been harvest they like to celebrate they dress with brilliant colors and performed traditional dances. . Many villages and towns celebrate with a special custom on Christmas Day with special bullfight in which no bull is killed or even hunt. (Grigni, J., 1997). Marriage is very traditional way to start a family few Costa Ricans consider only Catholic Church marriages to be official. A marriage by a lawyer or with a non-Catholic religious are also acceptable. Divorce and separation are most common, on upper-class men they can maintain a lover and a second family. Usually the men are the head of the household,

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