Indian Culture of Costa Rica

The day Christopher Columbus arrived in what today is called - Isla Uvita - , off the coast of Puerto Limon in Costa Rica , more than 250,000 people and no fewer than eight different ethnic groups living in the area .
" The Chorotegas " culture resident in northern Costa Rica were influenced by both Mayan and Aztec culture . The Chorotegas were considered Mesoamerican culture that were further south. Proof is that they also spoke the dialect " Nahuatl " of the Mayas and Aztecs . Guanacaste area was the focal point of the cultures of the north and south, for its finding there pottery found in the area and now in the National Museum , with figures and designs both Aztecs and Incas in the same piece.
Other ethnic groups like the Boruca , Bribri , Cabecar Guatuso Guaymí and spoke dialects that were heavily influenced by the cultures of South America. These dialects became more complex after the arrival of the Arawak and Caribbean cultures from the Caribbean islands and settled on the Atlantic coast adding new sounds.
Of those who have very little knowledge of indigenous culture is located in the Central Valley and Central Pacific , huetares . We know , its increased production was basketry and straw work . Little ceramic , and totally lost their dialect . Vestiges found in the San Antonio de Belen , some stone walkways , but not construction and the materials used were straw and mud roofs to its foundations.
Very few words are still used today in the Indian dialects , words like Talamanca ( instead of blood ) , this is probably the slaughter of turtles on the Caribbean Coast . Poas , which is a yellow flower that is close to the volcano's summit . This reference of the everyday vocabulary of Costa Ricans.
The Bribri and Cabecar have been the only two cultures that have been maintained through the centuries its religious myths free of the influence of social and cultural changes . The force - " Sibu " their supreme being and creator of the universe still remains strongly in the minds of all those who call or Cabecar Bribri . This tradition continues from the stories that have been passed from generation to generation for over 500 years and a strong attachment to their beliefs.
Today chorotega ceramics , the gourds of the Bribri , textiles of Guaymí and stonework of Guatuso still tell stories . The replicas or reproductions are as genuine as those of 4 or 5 centuries ago . The lines and colors tell stories , show beliefs, relate myths and guarantee sacred reverence . The only difference is the age of these objects, but the clays , paints , materials and production methods used are the same as their ancestors for nearly a thousand years.
Making a visit to Jade Museum , National Insurance Institute , the Gold Museum Central Bank and the National Museum prepares us to a better understanding of the historical and archaeological heritage of our country.

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