I'm not convinced that Costa Rica has maintained any of it's original culture (or at least, it's all been wiped out along this touristy coast). But, the school hosted a little "Culture Night" last week. It ended up being a 20 minute dance recital followed by wanna-be-dancing with the entire school, but I guess that counts.
In addition to watching this couple dance (to a CD that continually skipped), we had a competition to see who could "scream" the best. I guess the guys in the country have a farmers scream. Or maybe not, but that's the impression I got. Each dance started with a cry out from the guy. Granted, maybe it's the equivalent of a contrustion worker whistling at a girl (they didn't really explain it). They did however get all the men up front and we had one chance to show how "tico" (Costa Rican) we were.I didn't win.
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