September 15 is Independence Day here. The night before the
whole community gets together and walks down the streets with homemade lanterns
that the kids put together. The following morning at 3 am a truck full of
people with pots, pans, horns and drums, go from town to town waking up
everyone and starting the festivity.
This year we serenaded Cornelio’s mom at 5 am to celebrate her birthday
which is also the 15th. She was so surprised to see her family there
singing to her and we later enjoyed a great breakfast of gallo pinto (rice and
beans mixed together).
At 9am the parade started and the high school and elementary
school band played. Dancers and ox carts fallowed the happy crowd.
Later, in
the community gym, we watched the band play and the children do typical dancing.
Costa Ricans are very proud of their 192 years of independence and I felt
honored to celebrate with them.
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