Every semester the Spanish Language Institute holds a Culture Day for the adult students in place of going to classes. While we enjoyed them all – it was nice to have a break from classes and learn more about the culture – I think the last one we had was our favorite. Our teachers worked hard planning the day so that we could experience what is known as a “Turno”. These are carnival like festivals that are held in towns throughout Costa Rica. You can read more about the history at this link http://www.interculturacostarica.com/news/articles/mascarada.php.
For the first part of the day we played various carnival type games including Bingo, Ring Toss and Dart Throws. Then we had a guest speaker who makes the masks used in a Turno. The most fun was that after his talk on how they are made, a group of Ticos arrived dressed in the masks and playing instruments. They paraded through the school and down to Sojourn Academy where our kids went to school. It was an awesome experience and I'm going to try to post a video on YouTube so you can see for yourselves what it was like. (Anyone who has experience with that can send your advice - so far I've struck out on how to do it!
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