Costa RicaProvincia de PuntarenasPotrero GrandeTérraba9°4’0” N 83°16’52” W
January 8, 2020 in Costa Rica ⋅ 🌙 72 °F
We are in a very rustic indigenous community learning about their culture. Students processed cocoa...from roasting to grinding to tasting a traditional drink. But thee ancestors of our hosts wouldRead more
Costa RicaProvincia de PuntarenasPotrero GrandeTérraba9°4’0” N 83°16’53” W
January 8, 2020 in Costa Rica ⋅ 🌙 72 °F
These facilities are part of the indigenous tribe’s tourism project. It is a way to create jobs in the local community and give people the ability to earn a living. Lack of jobs has been a reasonRead more
Costa RicaProvincia de PuntarenasPotrero GrandeTérraba9°4’1” N 83°16’53” W
January 5, 2023 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
Every year we try to find this one family of mask artists. They are part of an indigenous tribe and are selling their work on the side of the road. Prices are so much better this way. Students madeRead more
Costa RicaProvincia de PuntarenasPotrero GrandeTérraba9°4’0” N 83°16’51” W
January 5, 2023 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☀️ 84 °F
We are in the Terraba indigenous community of El Descanso. We are in indigenous territory now and it is one of 8 communities in CR. The culture disappeared for a time after the Spaniards arrived here.Read more
Costa RicaProvincia de PuntarenasPotrero GrandeTérraba9°3’50” N 83°16’52” W
January 6, 2023 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
The students visited a sacred site to the community of Brörán. The rock dates back to a family from before the Spanish came. As the students arrived to the site after a hike down, they experiencedRead more
Costa RicaProvincia de PuntarenasPotrero GrandeTérraba9°4’2” N 83°16’56” W January 6, 2023 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
Students are learning how to make chocolate from the cocoa plant. The yellow pods contain the seeds encased in a delicious white and gooey fruit. We have to roast the seeds and then remove the skin.Read more
Costa RicaProvincia de PuntarenasPotrero GrandeTérraba9°3’57” N 83°17’2” W
January 9, 2020 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☀️ 82 °F
Students are learning how to carve traditional masks from a local artist. Balsa trees are grown on his property for this purpose.
Costa RicaProvincia de PuntarenasPotrero GrandeTérraba9°4’0” N 83°16’52” W
January 8, 2020 in Costa Rica ⋅ 🌙 72 °F
Pineapples grown commercially take 6 months to grow. But in the indigenous community, where they use no chemicals, it takes up to 10.
You might also know this place by the following names:
Térraba, Terraba
