Boyeros
To Take Over Escazú Today
More than 200 boyeros from all over the
country are expected to take part in the
day's event in San Antonio de Escazú today,
as part of the annual celebrations in
commemoration of the patron saint.
The parade will start at 10am at the parque
de Escazú and end at the Monumento al Boyero
in the plaza de San Antonio.
The boyeros will take to the streets to make
the 2 kilometre trip, showing off their
animals and traditional carts.
Along the route, there will be sales of
traditional foods and drinks, as well as
raffles, dancers and mascarades at the end
of the parade.
Tobías Corrales is one of the most loved
boyeros in the country, who at 73 years of
age, has made the parade for eight years in
a row now and says that he looks forward to
each as if it were his first.
The parade is not only for the boyeros, but
it also a way they can show their love for
the bueyes (ox).
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