Costa Rica is a multicultural country where racial and ethnic cultures from around the world contribute important aspects that define the Ticos.
in the school calendar established by decree the country's Day of the Black and Afro-Costa Rican Cultural Organization on 31 August.
As part of this celebration, Festival is held in Black Culture, which started more than a decade at the initiative of Black Ethnic Cultural Civic Committee, which develops a real party with a broad cultural programming
The Black Ethnic Cultural Civic Committee was created in 1999 through the vision of Limon group concerned about loss of values \u200b\u200band cultural elements of African culture.
Since its inception, this organization works under the motto "Back to Our Roots" which means "Let us return to our roots."
Black Day responds to the need to recognize the contributions of Afro-Costa Rican sector on equal conditions concerning the contributions that others have given the country's ethnic groups.
is also open and necessary struggle against racial and ethnic prejudices. The celebration of this date was established in the early eighties, during the government of Rodrigo Carazo Odio, at the initiative of Costa Rican Teachers' Union (SEC).
Source: The Nation
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