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Ox Cart Parade
By Scott & Sherry | November 25, 2007
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We had the privilege of attending the annual event to kickoff the official Christmas season in Costa Rica: the Ox Cart Parade. The long-standing tradition has it beginnings in the early 20th century when people from all over the country would use the ox carts to bring the statues of the saints from their homes far away, into the city of San Jose. At one time, the ox carts were the primary means of transport for delivering coffee over the mountain passes to boats on the Pacific Coast. Although today, not many oxen are used for agricultural work, the hobby of raising a matched pair of oxen is what maintains the tradition. We were really impressed by the beautiful craftsmanship and the sizes of some of the oxen.
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