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Stripper Cow and “Bistek Encebollado” : Cow Parade Costa Rica

(Pictures by GGC)

This year Costa Rica joined many other countries around with the very much expected Cow Parade, which is the world’s largest public art event: Artist from the selected country will create original designs on cow statues provided by the organization and for a few months all these original art pieces will be exposed to the public on the main cities of each country; at the end of the show, the cows are auction and the money collected will be donated to an specific cause. While the cow sculptures remain the same each artist is supposed to bring it to life with inspiration and creativity.

Costa Rica was picked to hold the Cow Parade this year and did and excellent job just like previous cities have such as France, United States, South Africa and England. During the first week of the exposition a lot of confused locals looked at the cows shocked and at the police had to intervene to make sure the pieces of art were not vandalized. Costa Rica is well known for having very talented artists and it was definitely shown during the Cow Parade: ecological themed cows, ordinary portrays of the life in Costa Rica, social themed and even some were made tributes to well known characters of San Jose.

The auction for the Costa Rica Cow Parade auction took place last Wednesday at the Museo de los Niños and although not all the cows were sold, they managed to raise a good $108 000, which will be all donated to charities in Costa Rica such as the Hospital the Niños, Hogares CREA (drug addiction rehab center) and the Fundacion Obras del Espiritu Santo which is a charity organization created and managed by just one priest and a whole bunch of volunteers that take care of underprivileged children of San Jose, Costa Rica. The rest of the cows will now go on a tour through rural cities in Costa Rica so they can also participate and enjoy the fun and beauty of the Cow Parade.