Festival de Puriscal

The festivals in Puriscal have sadly ended, but it was a week long of fun and excitement! They started off with the Toros (I described those in my post about Palmares), which was really exciting. I swear, they are some of the most entertaining things you could go to, but they really get your adrenallin running even though you aren't in the ring with the bull! As I said, the toros are when the people get into a stadium and run around with a bull. It really is scary to watch, and many people are sent to the hospital, but it is a tradition! Besides the toros, the entire week there are things going on. One night there was a, "Show de huevos", which is a comedy show. The people who went told me it was really funny. Other days there were "cow-roundups" or whatever you want to call them, and some days there were concerts and dances. On Saturday there was a carnival, which was a really big parade that lasted a good 3 hours! I didn't go but I saw the pictures and it looked really cool! It was a bit bigger than the parade for Dia de Independencia, with a lot of dancers, drummers, musicians, the whole shabang! Then on Sunday there was the Tope, aka the parade of horses, which is the most amazing thing in the world. The festivals were really cool, and it is a big tradition in Costa Rica, and one thing you don't want to miss out on!

Here's a video of the toros: they get pretty crazy! In this video, they decided they were going to play soccer, but also had to run away from the bull. Halfway through the game they put in another bull!!