Costa Rica - Masks and The Dinner Story

 

Batle De Los Diablitos:  

DANCE OF THE LITTLE DEVILS

The mask you are seeing on my Scape was a gift to me while in Coasta Rica.  I treasure for several reasons, the monarch is near and dear to my heart ot name one.

Traditional wooden masks made by the indigenous Boruca tribe from Costa Rica were used to scare off the Spanish Conquistadore in the early 1500s.

The Boruca Tribe was successful in maintaining their independence even though Costa Rica was colonized by the Spanish.

To this day, the Boruca's celebrate their rich history in an annual festival where the new masks are made and battles and rituals are recreated.

Traditional masks depict a scary figure to ward off invaders while a newer style shows that man does not own nature, we are a part of it.

In the story of The Confused Rooster of Jaco, the Monarch Rainforest mask was given to Alba along with the cross necklace, the travel journel with a Mother's Blessing, and the picture I Cry A Lot.  Alba is close to turning 13 and her father promised to give Alba these items when he felt the time was right.  Well, the time is now, on Scape #16 March 21st.

Alba's mother and father took a lot of time selecting her name, meaning White or Dawn.  As you know by now, she is an early riser.  The first glimmer of light as the day broke.  The goddess of dawn spreading light across the sky.  Alba's mother was a traveler and that is how her father and mother met.  Instantly Gabriel knew he wanted to get to know her more.  She wasn't like the other travelers he came across.

Megan stayed, she fell in love with Pura Vida and of course Gabriel.  They talked endlessly about nature and hiked every day.  Then, dispite Megan's heart condition, they both decided they wanted to try and have a child.  Megan planned everything out incase there were issues.  She was able to hold and look upon her beautiful sunshine girl right before her final heartbeat after her birth.

I Cry A Lot wih the three monkeys has special meaning for Gabriel's role in the story as a single father.  Specific instructions from Megan to Gabriel were given.  "No more writing Gabriel, you will need to tell her this from your heart", Megan explained. Gabriel had a lot on his mind the morning of March 21st so he got up to make breakfast.  Preparing for the evening that was about to unfold.

-Ask me about it, I will vebally share this part of the story.  Megan was not just a traveler.  She was a photographer, writer, artist, and a geologist.  Gabriel is a farmer and tour guide for Carara National Park.