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Fila Destination Guide

Explore Fila in Costa Rica

Fila in the region of Puntarenas is a town in Costa Rica - some 92 mi or ( 148 km ) South-East of San José , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Fila is now 08:59 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " America/Costa Rica " with a UTC offset of -6 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Managua, León, Chinandega, Vueltas, and San José. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Managua . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Fila ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Borucca indios de ReyCurre'-fiesta de los diablitos, costa rica

5:01 min by uliboge
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Indigeneuos celebration, beginning of year. Every house is brewing the "Chicha", made out of corn. 4 day celebration, the diablitos hunt the bull and drink during. the diablitos make the masks by them ..

boruca - fiesta de los diablitos

3:27 min by jandwire
Views: 3334 Rating: 4.00

The Boruca festival happens at the end of December annually. The re-enactment illustrates the Boruca Indians defeating the spanish, represented by a bull. The intricately carved balsa masks are worn b ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Boruca people

The Boruca (also known as the Brunca or the Brunka) are an indigenous people living in Costa Rica. The tribe has about 2,660 members, most of whom live on a reservation in the Puntarenas Province in southwestern Costa Rica. The ancestors of the modern Boruca made up a group of chiefdoms that ruled most of Costa Rica's Pacific coast, from Quepos to what is now the Panamanian border, including the Osa Peninsula. Boruca traditionally spoke the Boruca language, which is now nearly extinct.

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Located at 9.00 -83.30 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Circum-Caribbean tribes, Ethnic groups in Costa Rica, Indigenous peoples of Central America

Field Station La Gamba

Field Station La Gamba, in the “Rainforest of the Austrians” in Costa Rica, is an Austrian research, teaching and continuing-education institution, whose mission is to contribute to research on tropical rainforests, to generate interest in conservation and in rainforest research, and to give interested persons an opportunity to deepen their appreciation of nature within the rainforest.

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Located at 8.70 -83.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Environment of Costa Rica, Organisations based in Austria, Science and technology in Austria

Palmar Sur

Palmar Sur is a town in Costa Rica, located next to Palmar Norte in the Osa region of Puntarenas Province. Palmar Norte and Palmar Sur are separated by the Rio Terraba. Palmar Sur has a regional airport that has daily flights arriving from San Jose on two regional airlines (Sansa and Nature Air).

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Located at 8.97 -83.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Populated places in Costa Rica