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The Colorful Oxcart, Costa Rica's "National Symbol of Labor"

Few images are as instantly recognizable in Costa Rica as the brightly painted oxcart, known locally as the carreta. With its vivid geometric patterns, creaking wooden wheels, and powerful oxen pulling it forward, the oxcart represents far more than transportation—it symbolizes hard work, peace, tradition, and national identity. Officially declared Costa Rica’s “National Symbol of […]