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Costa Rican painted oxcart

Also known as Carreta tipica (Sarchi)

Costa Rican painted oxcart: photograph by Axxis10
Photo: Axxis10, CC BY-SA 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Paint the wheel's radial sunburst, the side panels and the yoke with the traditional geometric and flower patterns, matching colour and symmetry rules.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Costa Rica.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of The Americas: Mesoamerica.

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