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Events
These are the main, official holidays in Costa
Rica:
January 1st: New Year’s Day,
celebrated with a big dance in San Jose’s Parque Central.
March 19th: St. Joseph’s Day,
patron saint of San Jose and San Jose province.
Easter: Holy Week, Semana
Santa. Dates vary yearly. often goes on for the entire week preceding
Easter weekend.
April 11th: Juan Santamaria Day. Commemorates
the national hero who fought at the battle of Rivas against the American
invader William Walker in 1856.
May 1st: Dia de los
Trabajadores. (Labor Day)
June: Corpus Christi
June 29th: St. Peter and St. Paul’s
Day.
July 25th: Guanacaste Day.
Celebrating the annexation of Guanacaste from Nicaragua in 1824.
August 2nd: Virgin de los Angeles
Day. Patron saint of Costa Rica.
August 15th: Mother’s Day and
Assumption Day.
September 15th: Independence Day,
with big patriotic parades celebrates Costa Rica’s independence from
Spain in 1821.
October 12th: Dia de la Raza
(Columbus Day), culmination of carnival, which goes on all of the prior
week. (Limon province only)
November 2nd: All soul’s Day
December 8th: Immaculate Conception
of the Virgin Mary.
December 25th: Christmas Day.
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Directions to Puriscal from San Jose
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Recurring Events
Saturday: 5:30-10am Farmers
Market in Downtown Puriscal,
between Banco Nacional, Pali market and the High School
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