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The National Day of Costa Rica is celebrated at Expo 92. Posted on September 15, 2017 Hemeroteca Expo - September 15, 1992.
Plaza of America. We left this day to the National Day of Costa Rica in Expo 92 that was chaired by the vice president of the nation, Arnaldo López. To celebrate this day, Costa Rica prepared two shows at El Palenque and the Plaza de América Auditorium, where their stages were lled with music and dance with the National Dance Company and the experimental music singer Adrián Goizueta, who made a mixture of pre-Columbian and colonial music with current technique. Achieving harmony between man and nature, as well as conserving and protecting their cultural and natural heritage, were the keys to the presence of Costa Rica in the Universal Exposition of Seville. The concern of this Central American country for the future of nature was evident in the proclamation made by the president of Costa Rica, Angel Calderón, who was exposed at the entrance of the pavilion: << It is an instance to countries around the world so that together we can take care of the natural riches of the earth >>.
Costa Rica's ag. The entrance of the Costa Rica pavilion introduced us to the two fundamental themes that this country developed inside the Plaza de América of the Universal Exhibition. On the left, the mural << Genesis Precolombino >>, the work of artist Carlos Valenzuela, architect of the building, showed the harmonious integration of pre-Columbian man with nature through a stylized representation of archaeological pieces. On the right, the proclamation of the president of Costa Rica, Rafael Calderón, towards the new ecological order of international cooperation presented at the "Earth Summit" held during the months of the Exposition in Rio de Janeiro. In the center, as a separation of the archaeological and ecological messages, two reproductions of the stone spheres made by the indigenous people in preColumbian times had been placed. One hundred and forty-two original pre-Columbian jewels dated between 500 BC and 1550 AD integrated the only exhibition presented by Costa Rica. A large sample of art of gold and jade, valued at one billion pesetas.