The 15. of September is the National Holiday of Costa Rica. At this day in 1821 the war of independence was won in Guatemala and Costa Rica therefore received there independence form Spain automatically. A funny fact is, that Costa Rica got this massage only about a month later! Sadly, with this massage started a civil war in the country because the different political parties had very different ideas about how to organize the country after the independence. In 1823 it was decided that Costa Rica became a republic and not a monarchy.
Today they celebrate this day with parades in different parts of the city. All the schools and social groups, for example scouts, march in the parades.
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