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Published on Tuesday, September 12,
2023
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff More than
one million students, teachers and
citizens, will enjoy the independence
festivities this week with parades,
lanterns, bands and dances among many
other cultural activities as part of
the celebration of the 202nd
anniversary of independence. The
celebration will begin on Wednesday,
Sept. 13, with the arrival of the
Torch of Independence, the symbol of
freedom, which traditionally travels
through Central America from Guatemala
to Panama. It is
expected that Katharina Müller-Castro,
Minister of Public Education, will
cross into Nicaragua, where Lilliam
Esperanza Herrera-Moreno, Minister of
Education of Nicaragua, will hand over
the torch. Then,
upon re-entering the country
through the
border post in Peñas Blancas Canton in
Guanacaste Province, Müller will take
the symbol of Central American freedom
to a central atrium where it will be
delivered to students from local
schools. They
along with an escort provided by the
Ministry of Security will travel
throughout the country, making
frequent stops for students to take
turns ushering the torch. Participants
will travel with the torch for about
230 miles from the northern border
with Nicaragua to the southern border
with Panama.
In
the first stage, students will
carry the national symbol of
freedom on a journey from Peñas
Blancas, through the cantons of
Liberia, Bagaces to Cañas. On
Sept. 14, students will carry
the torch to Esparza Canton in
Puntarenas. Then the symbol of
freedom will be carried through
San Ramón, Palmares, Naranjo,
Sarchí, Grecia and Alajuela
City, in Alajuela Province. From
the northern province, students
will carry the torch to the more
central provinces of Heredia and
San José. Once in the capital of
Costa Rica, authorities are
expected to host Independence
Day Eve activities at the San
José Central Park at 6 p.m. Then,
the torch will continue its
journey to the original capital
of the country, Cartago
Province. The province was the
first capital of the country,
from 1821 to 1823, before the
country established the new
capital of Costa Rica in San
José Province. During
the torch journey, civic and
cultural events are scheduled in
the cantons where many citizens
gather to welcome the fire
representing freedom. Costa
Rica, like the rest of the
Central American countries,
celebrates its independence from
Spain every Sept. 15. ---------------
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