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International Fair of the Sea

DATE: first and second week of the month of September. location: Bocas del Toro archipelago in the northern Caribbean of Panama. The International Sea Fair of Bocas del Toro is held annually, during the month of September, the driest month of the year, to take advantage of an almost perfect climate, with very little rain…

Day of the Afro-descendant culture

DATE: August 31 (activities may vary by region) Location: City of Limón and in Puerto Viejo de Talamanca. History The celebration of Black and Afro-Costa Rican Culture Day took place more than a decade ago at the initiative of the Black Ethnic Cultural Civic Committee. The Black Ethnic Cultural Civic Committee was born in 1999…

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International Calypso Festival “Walter Ferguson”

Date: Usually in the month of July Location: Community of Cahuita 42 km south of the City of Limón. The Calypso limonense, considered by the black population of the province as an authentic musical expression of their ethnicity and an essential part of their cultural identity, will also share with caliph groups from Trinidad and…