gcu_114.docx | |
File Size: | 12 kb |
File Type: | docx |
Two Valuable Sources about Costa Rica
1. http://www.geographia.com/costa-rica/history.htm
This website is a great resource when it comes to talking about the cultural of Costa Rica. It gives a little background about the country and then explains all the different types of cultural events that happen in Costa Rica and where these events came from and how they started.
2. http://www.costarica.net/features/culture.htm
This website is also another great source for cultural in Costa Rica. It again goes in depth of different cultural things that happen in Costa Rica. It also explains why Costa Rica is such a hot spot of tourist.
1. http://www.geographia.com/costa-rica/history.htm
This website is a great resource when it comes to talking about the cultural of Costa Rica. It gives a little background about the country and then explains all the different types of cultural events that happen in Costa Rica and where these events came from and how they started.
2. http://www.costarica.net/features/culture.htm
This website is also another great source for cultural in Costa Rica. It again goes in depth of different cultural things that happen in Costa Rica. It also explains why Costa Rica is such a hot spot of tourist.
Economic Culture Map:
This map shows the most populated areas in Costa Rica. The amount of population effects the economy, more people in an area the more money and the more rich that area will be.
This map shows the most populated areas in Costa Rica. The amount of population effects the economy, more people in an area the more money and the more rich that area will be.
The
gender roles in Costa Rica are very similar to most societies throughout
history. Although Costa Rica is very far from America, women seemed to have no
rights in Costa Rica throughout years
just like here in the US. "Women in
Costa Rica are responsible for food preparation, childcare and cleaning. Men perform the physical labor and harvest
coffee, cotton and vegetables" (Delman). These are all pretty
stereotypical roles of men and women and have been seen throughout history all
over the world.
Women in Costa Rica were not appreciated in society back in the 18 and 19 hundreds just like most women around the world. In the Nineteenth Century, Costa Rica women received their first step towards economic independence when the government promoted their education seeing that it would improve their country. The government encouraged women to study nursing, education and secretarial careers.
And a huge step for women happened in 1948 when the received the right to vote. (Hughes) Nowadays Costa Rican women play a huge role in the Costa Rica society. There have been multiple women vice presidents and there has also been a female president of Costa Rica named Laura Chinchilla.
The role of men in Costa Rica has been pretty traditional throughout centuries in Costa Rica. The men usually have always been in charge of the household, government (until Laura) and pretty much the country. Men were always the dominant gender in the society of Costa Rica, until like I said early when government realized that there are certain jobs that are extremely important that they realized women would be better at. I think that is safe to say that females are taking over in the Costa Rica Society with the first women president doing a great job!
Hughes, S. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://costaricainfo.info/costa-rica-women.php
Delman, M. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.everyculture.com/Bo-Co/Costa-Rica.html
Women in Costa Rica were not appreciated in society back in the 18 and 19 hundreds just like most women around the world. In the Nineteenth Century, Costa Rica women received their first step towards economic independence when the government promoted their education seeing that it would improve their country. The government encouraged women to study nursing, education and secretarial careers.
And a huge step for women happened in 1948 when the received the right to vote. (Hughes) Nowadays Costa Rican women play a huge role in the Costa Rica society. There have been multiple women vice presidents and there has also been a female president of Costa Rica named Laura Chinchilla.
The role of men in Costa Rica has been pretty traditional throughout centuries in Costa Rica. The men usually have always been in charge of the household, government (until Laura) and pretty much the country. Men were always the dominant gender in the society of Costa Rica, until like I said early when government realized that there are certain jobs that are extremely important that they realized women would be better at. I think that is safe to say that females are taking over in the Costa Rica Society with the first women president doing a great job!
Hughes, S. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://costaricainfo.info/costa-rica-women.php
Delman, M. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.everyculture.com/Bo-Co/Costa-Rica.html
Your browser does not support viewing this document. Click here to download the document.
This first map from gapminder shows the progression of women of all ages in Costa Rica that went to school from 1970-2009. This shows that there was progression every year which is a great success.
This map show the population for both sexes in the year 1990 to the year 2003.
This map show the unemployment rate from the 1800s to 2005.
Costa Rica has changed a lot over the years. In the first map it show the amount of females of all ages that received education from the years 1970-2009. It started out very low and then each year the population of the women that received education went up. That is huge for Costa Rica because I learned in the history of the country that women were not encouraged to receive and education so it is nice to see that it is progressing. The second picture is just a general population map. This picture shows that each year the country has increased in population, which is always good. The third map I chose was a map of the unemployment rate from 1800s to 2005. Sadly the unemployment rate has pretty much stayed the same for all those years.
Religion in Costa Rica
There are many religions practiced in the small country of Costa Rica. But the first religion that dominated the country when it was first discovered in 1502 was the Roman Catholic church. The Spanish conquistadores settled on the Pacific Coast, in the Nicoya Peninsula where several thousands of Chorotega Indians converted to the Roman Catholic religion. The Nicoya Village is the site of the first Roman Catholic church on Costa Rica that was built in 1544. After the church was built the Roman Catholic and christianity spread throughout all over the country of Costa Rica. Then in 1880 Protestant missionaries settled in Costa Rica in effort to convert the people of Costa Rica, which started a movement.
Religion did not really have a huge impact on the social development or culture in the country. Because the Spanish took over Costa Rica back in the 1500’s the indians that lived there were basically forced to join the Roman Catholic Religion. Since the first governor of Costa Rica, Juan Vasquez de Coronado, was a Roman Catholic himself it was encouraged that the rest of the citizens became Roman Catholic as well.
There are not any really sacred geographical places in Costa Rica. But there are a lot of famous churches and temples that are important to the Costa Rica society. The first most well known Catholic church in Costa rica is Cartago. This was the first capital of CostaRica and the country’s most notable Catholic Church. There is also a Mormon Temple in the San Jose, Costa Rica which is a newer religion to country but seems to be rapidly growing in the population. There are also a lot of Jehovah’s Witnesses churches and temples throughout Costa Rica because that is a new religion that is becoming more popular in the country.
The government does not play a huge part in religion like it used to. Back in the 1847 the government claimed that Catholicism was the official country religion and also said that prohibiting the practice of other religions at the same time. Since Catholicism was recognized as the official religion, Catholic education was guarantee and finances for the church were supported by the government. In 1897 Costa Rica changed their constitution allowing religious freedom, and the people of Costa Rica could chose what religion that they wanted to practice. Today the Government continues to maintain close relationship with the Catholic Church there multiple different religions practiced in Costa Rica.
I think that the role of religion in Costa Rica is pretty similar to the role of religion in the United States. In both countries there is a dominate religion that is practiced but there are also multiple different ones practiced as well. The government in both countries also lets the citizens have control over what the want to practice with the law of freedom of religion. In the future I think Costa Rica religions will continue to become more diverse with more people leading away from the normal that is the Roman Catholic Religion.
Citations:
Jenla, R. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.vacationscostarica.com/travel-guide/religion-in-costa-rica/
I couldn't find a map of the different religions practiced in the Costa Rica but I did find this circle graph that gives the general idea of what religions are the most popular throughout the whole country. This graph was made in 2007, so it might be a little different now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Costa_Rica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Costa_Rica
This is a picture of the holiest church in Costa Rica in Cartago. This is where most of the Catholics will go to preach.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartago,_Costa_Rica
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartago,_Costa_Rica
Your browser does not support viewing this document. Click here to download the document.
Food of Costa Rica:
Some of the staple foods are pictured in this picture on the left. Casado is a very popular meal in Costa Rica which includes rice and beans mixed together. Plantano (not pictured) is another popular staple in the Costa Rica culture which is a large banana baked to be sort of a chip texture. Arroz y Pollo is another staple that includes rice and chicken. Fruit is also a huge part of Costa Rica culture and they have all kinds of fruits and are famous for their delicious fruits.
Some of the staple foods are pictured in this picture on the left. Casado is a very popular meal in Costa Rica which includes rice and beans mixed together. Plantano (not pictured) is another popular staple in the Costa Rica culture which is a large banana baked to be sort of a chip texture. Arroz y Pollo is another staple that includes rice and chicken. Fruit is also a huge part of Costa Rica culture and they have all kinds of fruits and are famous for their delicious fruits.
Traditional Costa Rican Recipe: Gallo Pinto
Includes: cooked rice, black beans, red bell peppers, onion, celery, pork sausage, ham, and scrambled eggs
This term Gallo Pinto means "spotted rooster" in spanish because of all the multicolors inside the rice and the beans. The history is not very known for this dish but there disputes between Nicaraguans and Costa Ricans on which orginated the dish. We do know that the dish was brought too these countries from Latin American immigrants.
More about food in Costa Rica:
Some of the food that is prepared for huge celebrations such as a marriage, birthday or a graduation is a roasted pig. Food in Costa Rica does not really connect to any religion except for that tamales are popular during Christmas day. Lunch is the largest meal of the day and is the meal where everyone comes together and eat, just like it is for dinner here. Mostly all of the food comes from Costa Rica because they do have such high fruit plants and a lot of rice and bean fields. They raise mostly chicken there which is the most popular form of meat for the Costa Rican culture.
Includes: cooked rice, black beans, red bell peppers, onion, celery, pork sausage, ham, and scrambled eggs
This term Gallo Pinto means "spotted rooster" in spanish because of all the multicolors inside the rice and the beans. The history is not very known for this dish but there disputes between Nicaraguans and Costa Ricans on which orginated the dish. We do know that the dish was brought too these countries from Latin American immigrants.
More about food in Costa Rica:
Some of the food that is prepared for huge celebrations such as a marriage, birthday or a graduation is a roasted pig. Food in Costa Rica does not really connect to any religion except for that tamales are popular during Christmas day. Lunch is the largest meal of the day and is the meal where everyone comes together and eat, just like it is for dinner here. Mostly all of the food comes from Costa Rica because they do have such high fruit plants and a lot of rice and bean fields. They raise mostly chicken there which is the most popular form of meat for the Costa Rican culture.