The Caribbean Coast music shows a strong african influence as well as popular music genres that include soca, salsa, cumbia and merengue. The Southern Caribbean is the heart and soul of Costa Rica’s Afro-Caribbean community, the local rhythm is called sinkit, which blends drums and banjos.
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PUERTO VIEJO – THE SOUND
Posted in COSTA RICA - Puerto Viejo, tagged cumbia, pura vida rythms, salsa, sinkit, slowtravel, south caribbean, the sound on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PUERTO VIEJO – Crossing the Mountains
Posted in COSTA RICA - Puerto Viejo, tagged arriving, braulio carrillo highway, costa rica, mountains, puerto viejo de talamanca, slow travel, south caribbean on March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On our way to the Caribbean we took the Braulio Carrillo Highway Nº 32, the road to Limon is marked as Siquirres Highway. The Braulio Carrillo is a modern highway that bisects the National Park. By then, it was 10 p.m., and we ventured out to the darkest night I remember, only relying on the [...]
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