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The dance of the little mare, enhanced with blue notes of flutes and drums, brings back memories to all locals in Nicoya, province of Guanacaste, of the legend “The Miracle of the Hill of the Cross” dated back to December 12th, 1653, which gave birth to the festivities in honor of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Without having been influenced by cultural globalizing processes, the celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Nicoya is still the oldest tradition to be preserved, protected and supported by the Catholic faith.
In celebration of this event, the First Cultural Festival of Guadalupe in Nicoya for 2007, named “Guadalupe Mora Jiménez”, will be carried out in this town from December 7th to December 12th.
Some of the activities that will take place are a Light Festival, fireworks, folklore dances, marimba (folkloric musical instrument), artistic presentations and candles’ stations of the Cross, just to mention a few.
The Miracle of the Hill of the Cross relates to how the Virgin of Guadalupe saved two guape Indians (twin brothers) from fighting, thanks to a mare jumping out of a nearby bush which came between the brothers and started kicking and biting them, and, as a result was able to separate the two. The mare finally disappeared, leaving the brothers in complete astonishment.
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