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La Tradicion del Boyeo y la Carreta en Costa Rica


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La tradicional carreta de bueyes es el tipo de artesanía más famoso de Costa Rica. Desde mediados del siglo XIX, las carretas de bueyes eran utilizadas para transportar el grano de café desde el valle central de Costa Rica, en las montañas, a Puntarenas, en la costa del Pacífico. Un viaje requería de 10 a 15 días. Las carretas de bueyes tenían ruedas sin radios, un híbrido entre el disco usado por los aztecas y la rueda de radios introducida por los españoles, para avanzar en medio del fango sin atascarse. En muchos casos, las carretas de bueyes eran el único medio de transporte de una familia y simbolizaban su estatuto social.

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The traditional oxcart, or carreta, is the product of Costa Rica's most famous craft. Dating from the mid-nineteenth century, oxcarts were used to transport coffee beans from Costa Rica's central valley over the mountains to Puntarenas on the Pacific coast, a journey requiring ten to fifteen days.

The oxcarts used spokeless wheels, a hybrid between the disc used by the Aztec and the spoked wheel introduced by the Spaniards, to cut through the mud without getting stuck. In many cases, oxcarts were a family's only means of transport; they often served as a symbol of social status.


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Original: Betacam
Location: F-H.129
UMVS reference: AUD-DIT/ISS/ARC/0461
Digitized version : AVFONDS-CLTICH-2008-00103-CRI.DV

Source ref.: CLT-ITH-00103-03-1; CLT-ITH-0103-06-2
Rights holder: UNESCO