This is a big deal in Costa Rica. There are fiestas all over the country, and its and even bigger deal here in Nicoya, the capital of Guanacaste. There are things happening every hour. The park in the center of town has beer tents and all kinds of vendors selling everything from jewelry to cotton candy. There are shows and expositions going on, speeches by politicians and all kinds of dancing and music.
The really big deal is that on Wednesday the 25th, the President of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, and the ambassador of Taiwan is coming to Nicoya. I´m planning on being there to hear the president´s speech. He won a Nobel Prize for his work to bring peace to Central America.
Wednesday night, I schlepped up to the plaza to check it all out. I bought a little something for my wife, then bought some pieces of barbecued chicken on a stick, and a bottle of water and headed over to watch the show.
There was standing room over, and everyone was pretty excited. There were dancers doing traditional dances where the women wear these huge, colorful skirts that twirl around and the men wear straw hats and white linen outfits. The town municipal band played some numbers and the acting lady mayor,(I´ve been told this is a big deal), and another gentleman made some speeches, and at some point, an air cannon was shooting confetti at the crowd.
I really wasn´t getting much out of the band, so I walked around some more and bought a small ice cream cone that had this light coconut flavor. I walked around the square and watched things some more, and finally sat down to watch the fireworks show.
It was a very nice night.
Juanito
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