How Costa Ricans celebrate national “Tico” culture

 

Hi There, let´s learn about the Costa Rican National Holidays and how the Costa Ricans celebrate their "Tico" culture.

Costa Ricans like to celebrate their national holidays in different ways, the following are some of the most important celebrations and you will find a little explanation on how "Ticos" celebrate them.

But first of all, do you know what the word "Tico" means?

The word "Tico" is referred to the way that Costa Ricans call themselves, basically because of the way they speak, for example if a Tico wants to say very little, he or she normally say is "pequeñitico", if they don´t like something or think is very ugly, they say is "feitico" and so on.

If you noticed, the Spanish words have the similar t-i-c-o ending and that is how the name came up.

 About The Costa Rican National Holidays

Let´s watch the following video to get familiar with the way the "Ticos" celebrate their Christmas!

New Year´s Eve

Ticos celebrate the new year´s eve together with their families, a nice dinner is prepared and they share and celebrate the arrival of a new year with lots of faith and joy. In many homes, fireworks are commonly lighted with the arrival of the new year.

 Holy Week

This religious holiday is celebrated with beautiful parades in the main streets and participants same as the spectators show all the respect and fervor for this important catholic celebration.

Nicoya’s Party Annexation Day

It is an important civic day, because the Ticos celebrate the annexation of the important Guanacaste region to the country, since July 25th 1824.

The day of the Virgin of Los Angeles

Another important religious holiday that Ticos celebrate on August the 2nd, there are big pilgrimages done from different areas of Costa Rica to Cartago to offer their sacrifice for the promise to have a favor granted by the Virgin of Los Angeles.

Practice

Now is time to practice, take a look at the following titles and images, then describe with your own words, how do you think "Ticos" celebrate these important holidays.

You can write your answers in the comment section or send them by the Teams chat.

Independence Day

How do you think "Ticos" celebrate these important holiday?

Christmas 

How do you think "Ticos" celebrate these important holiday?

Thank you for your attention and please do not hesitate to contact teacher Christian in case of doubts.

Take care!