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Encuentro CUltural 2024

1/26/2024

January 25 - 27

It's been inspiring to see that the Playas del Coco "Cultural Encounter" has focused on racism, discrimination, and rights, in offering several workshops and presentations to educate around these themes, identify how they affect our daily lives, and inspire action for change. Thursday and Friday's events have included a puppet presentation for kids: 'Amo Mi Melanina' (I Love My Melanin), youth workshops on racism, oppression, and discrimination, and a workshop for community leaders to evaluate how we experience racism in the community.

Kech Artes exhibits street art technique to inspire kids to value their artistic talents and art's power to uplift community

Kech and I are honored to be invited back to participate in Saturday's event 'Ensenamos a los Ninos a Sonar' (Let's Teach the Children to Dream), which will take place in Coco's beachfront park Amor de Temporada 9 - 3pm. This is a free event with tons of activities designed for children 3 - 10 years old. Kech will be bringing out a giant canvas and beautiful palette of spray paint to showcase large-scale street art technique, inspiring kids to pursue their artistic talents and value how public art can uplift community.

I will provide the hoard of hula hoops to offer an opportunity for free play and exploration, creative movement, innovative game-making, and joyful challenges to learn and master new skills and build self-confidence. Hula Hooping is fun way to build strength, develop body-awareness and body-control, and promote mobility in a safe and gentle aerobic activity for all ages.

We loved being a part of this event in December 2019, and we're so happy to see the event grow this year; we hope it will continue to be a Coco tradition. Many thanks to Ophir Cultura for organizing this event, to the University of Costa Rica's Social Action projects, and support from ADICOCO, Cine Hermosa, and many other local organizations and businesses that make this event a success. See you in the park. ~ Teagan

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Salve Monos 10th Annual Drumming Circle

1/22/2024

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Salve monos
Playa HErmosa, GTE

Invites you to Attend their
10th ANnual
Drumming Circle

This Wednesday
January 24, 2024
3:00 - 6:00 PM

Playa Hermosa,
First Beach Entrance
NEAR HOTEL BOSQUE DE MAR

Salve Monos Playas Hermosa aims to protect the local Howler Monkey population and conserve its habitat. Salve Monos has dedicated enormous efforts to identify monkey corridors and restore deforested areas to maintain and expand the monkeys' routs with the trees that provide the leaves, fruits, nuts, and flowers that comprise Howlers' diet. Where roads, power cables, and developments have severed the natural corridors, SalveMonos builds crossover bridges to help the monkeys to traverse their territory safely. The numbers of monkey electrocutions and deaths indicate that there is still much work to be done, and Salve Monos hopes to get the whole community involved to protect these beautiful creatures.

SalveMonos Playa Hermosa strives to protect Howler Monkeys and conserve their habitat.

Salve Monos strives to educate residents and developers, and with this annual drumming circle event, to animate community involvement, uplifting energies, and inspiring participation, activism, and financial backing in support of this noble cause. Salve Monos Hermosa is a non-profit organization, and Karol Allard has been it's beating heart infusing this project with vital energy for more than a decade. Once more, she is calling on the community to reverberate this heartbeat, so please grab a drum, come have some fun, and be a part of the change.

Karol Allard, SalveMonos Playa Hermosa Drumming Circle 2017

This drumming circle holds a special place in my heart. I remember when I first heard about the 2013 event and Karol's message to raise the community vibration resonated. I was big into hula hooping and flow arts, and sharing them with the community to encourage a "healthy pulse." At the time I had a collection of 30+ hula hoops, and I offered to bring them to the event to accompany the drumming and to help get people moving and shaking in new ways. It was a blast, and I've been blessed to be involved with the event in subsequent years, bringing out the hoops and fire dancing on the bill in '14, '15, '19, and '20. Although until about a month ago, I hadn't once returned to my fire tools since dancing at the 2020 drumming circle, when Karol invited me back this year I knew this was a nudge in a good direction. I've never felt so underprepared for a performance, but I don't think that feeling ready or at my best is of much importance. If we wait until we're ready we'll never accomplish much; so let's celebrate where we are, let a little momentum move us, and look forward to what tides may change from these little healthy impulses. See you there. ~ Teagan

Hula Hooping at the SalveMonos Playa Hermosa drumming circle 2014

Hula Hooping at the SalveMonos Playa Hermosa Drumming Circle 2013

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SACRED Song CIRCLE

8/26/2020

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The first two Sacred Song Circles with Angel and Adriana have been a pure joy to attend, coming together with like-hearted souls and building positive energy within a charged container, singing in English, Spanish, Japanese, Sanskrit, Lakota, and Nahuatl. In our first circle we sang the Mariposa / Butterfly song, appropriate for the new beginning in sacred and transformative circle, and in our second group we developed the felicitous theme with a Nahuatl butterfly song, 'Huey Papalotl.' Please join in the Sacred Song Circle every other Thursday evening 7:00 - 9:00 PM above Cafe Java at El Pueblito Norte in Las Palmas.

Sacred Singing Circle, Coco Yoga and Wellness

Sacred Song Circle, Coco Yoga and Wellness

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Jewelry Making Social

12/2/2019

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THURSDAY JANUARY 16TH, 2020, 4:30 - 7:00 PM

Last season we had so much fun at our jewelry-making socials that I've decided to do one final installment making the double-strand bohemian necklace for anyone who missed out. Big thank you to the lovely ladies who joined us last time and made it so enjoyable! We were delighted to see so much creativity and how everyone made their necklace their own special design. There are different color-schemes and charms from which to choose. Space is limited to eight people, so please register in advance if you'd like to be part of the fun. $45 covers all materials, instruction, and wine. Everyone will go home with a beautiful completed necklace.

Jewelry Making Social Coco Yoga and Wellness

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Thank you for Joining in the Fun!

3/28/2019

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We had an amazing time at the jewelry-making socials. I'll like to extend a big thank you to everyone who attended. It was so fun to see everyone's creativity in making unique pieces, truly personalized to their own aesthetic. We shared so many laughs; it was so nice to get together to craft and socialize. I'm left feeling inspired and look forward to planning more crafting workshops in the future. Thanks again!

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Jewelry-Making Socials

1/21/2019

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Wednesdays, February 20 & March 20, 2019, 4:30 - 7 Pm

Join us for these fun necklace-making workshops and enjoy great company and a glass of wine. Teagan will have kits prepared to create your own double-stranded bohemian necklace. You get to choose your own charms, color-scheme, and accent beads, and let your creativity shine. You may string your necklaces as you like, and Teagan will have all the tools you need to learn to finish them with clasps and crimp beads. Everyone will go home with a beautiful completed piece to enjoy wearing or to make an amazing gift. Space is limited to eight people, so please sign up in advance.