Sarchi, Costa Rica
Costa Rica's most famous artisan town is Sarchi and most particularly for their handmade, the traditional oxcarts, or carreta. Ordinarily admired for its decorative qualities, the oxcart plays a very important part in the cultural history of Costa Rica. In the middle of the 19th century, when coffee was first being cultivated in the surrounding countryside, oxcarts provided the only method in which to transport the hand picked beans over the mountains and to the coast. Arduous and timely were these trips, a good, reliable, well-built oxcart could mean the difference between a successful transit and financial ruin. In many cases, oxcarts where a family's only means of transportation, and at times even served as a status symbol. Thus, the tradition of painting and decorating the carts commenced in the early part of this century.
Sarchi, Costa Rica noted for it ox carts
Sarchi, Costa Rica noted for it ox carts
Sarchi, Costa Rica noted for it ox carts
Sarchi, Costa Rica noted for it ox carts
And miniature ox carts for the tourists to take home
And miniature ox carts for the tourists to take home
Sarchi, Costa Rica noted for it ox carts
An ox cart construction work station
Another ox cart or carreta
Another ox cart or carreta converted to a bar or decorative table
Another ox cart or carreta
I would have bought this one but it wouldn't fit in my suitcase
Another ox cart or carreta
A craftsman working on a new ox cart
A craftsman working on a new ox cart
Or you just buy a wheel and make it into a table
And when you get tired of seeing their ox carts you can enjoy Sarchi's beautiful flowers
Sarchi's beautiful flowers
Sarchi's beautiful flowers
Sarchi's beautiful flowers
Sarchi's beautiful flowers
Sarchi's beautiful flowers
Sarchi's beautiful flowers
Sarchi's beautiful flowers
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