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Published on Monday, August 14,
2023
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Costa Rica celebrates today, Monday, Aug. 14, Mother's Day.
Traditionally observed on Aug. 15, authorities moved the holiday to Monday for a long weekend.
It's common for tourists to flock to the beaches and countryside.
Expat mothers living in the Pura Vida country may celebrate Mother's Day twice- once in their country of origin, and today's Costa Rica's Mother's Day.
To
celebrate this special day, there are
some nice places to make any mom feel
loved and appreciated.
Los Sueños Resort and Marina located in Herradura Beach in Puntarenas hosts Mother's Day Dinner starting at 7 p.m. at Bambu and Lanterna restaurants. For reservations call 2630-4050.
The Bambu Asian Cuisine Restaurant's special menu includes crispy soft-shelled crab with tuna tataki and passion fruit sauce at $23 pp. Another option menu is whole golden fried snapper with fermented black bean and ginger sauce, glazed vegetables and steamed white rice at $26 pp. As dessert is miso blondie served with ice cream toasted cashews and miso caramel sauce.
The
Lanterna Italian Steakhouse restaurant
menu includes as a starter, salmon
tartare with capers, drill tomatoes,
lime, green sauce and crostini at $20.
The main dish is Sicilian jumbo shrimp
with sapore risotto or jumbo seared
scallops with spaghetti Sorrentino at
$40 pp. The dessert option is a Ruby
chocolate cream tart with fresh berries
at $7,50.
The Adventure Inn Hotel, located in Los Arcos, Cariari Canton in Heredia Province, hosts the Special Mother's Day getaway at $60 per two guests room night. The Mother's Day Special Lunch / Dinner includes tomatoes carpaccio, lobster tail with garlic and thyme sauce on a medallion of tenderloin with shrimp served with cassava pure and asparagus, tiramisu as dessert and a glass of wine at $38 pp.
The
InterContinental Hotel in
Escazú Canton in San José, offers two
days one night all-inclusive
accommodation at $480 for two adults
and two children, including breakfast,
lunch, dinner, drinks, early check-in
and late check-out.
On Monday, most public institutions, such as banks, ministries, public local clinics, schools, as well as embassies are closed.
Anyone that works that holiday must receive an extra day's salary if they have to work, according to the Ministry of Labor.
Costa Ricans have a famous saying, "Usted ya hizo su Agosto?" which translates to "Have you already made your August?" in the English language. The peculiar question applies when someone manages to make a profit in business due to the increase in sales on this specific day.
Mother's Day is a holiday on different dates around the world. In Costa Rica, the date chosen was Aug. 15. It's also the day the Catholic Church celebrates the day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary to heaven.
According to the Catholic tradition, the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, rises to heaven in body and soul. That is why all Costa Rican churches perform a special mass where white and gold colors dominate the priest's clothing and the temple's altar.
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, Mothering Sunday is celebrated on the last Sunday of March. In the United States, Canada, Germany, and Australia Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May.
The origin of Mother's Day dates back to ancient Greece, where Rhea, the mother of the Gods Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus was honored.
Later, by Greek heritage, the Romans also celebrated a spring festival called Hilaria, in which they paid tribute for three days to Cibeles, another mother goddess.
Catholics transformed these celebrations to honor the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus on Dec. 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. They adopted this date for the celebration of Mother's Day.
In the United States, in 1907 Ana Jervis organized the first unofficial Mother's Day, to remember her mother who had passed away. From then on, she led an active campaign that spread throughout the United States.
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson declared Mother's Day as the second Sunday of May in the United States. The idea to celebrate Mother's Day spread through more than 40 countries.
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