Lucuma Gratitude Box - March / Caja De Gratitud
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Lucuma Gratitude Box - March / Caja De Gratitud

Creating a Gratitude Box to giving thanks is a practice anyone can do at home, individually or as a family! Giving thanks helps us shift gears from our worried mind and allows us to pause and appre...
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Staying Healthy and Positive in a Time of Crisis

The global health crisis and emotional turmoil we are collectively facing is rocking our world. Everything is changing and last week’s priorities seem today irrelevant. With our new realities s...
Trending in 2020
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Trending in 2020

In these technologically driven times, life seems to keep accelerating and changes happen at an incredible speed, at a personal, collective and planetary level. By identifying what shoppers’ needs ...
Why Scary Masks?
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Why Scary Masks?

For Borucans, these masks symbolize protective nature spirits. Masks have a special place in their hearts because they saved the very existence of their ancestors and culture.
Melvin Gonzalez Rojas, Borucan Artist
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Melvin Gonzalez Rojas, Borucan Artist

As an accomplished and recognized Borucan artist, Melvin likes to challenge himself. Over the past few years he has transitioned to painting more often on canvas than on balsa wood.
Modern Masks
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Modern Masks

For Borucans, these masks symbolize protective nature spirits. Masks have a special place in their hearts because they saved the very existence of their ancestors and culture.
Rudy Gomez, Borucan Artist
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Rudy Gomez, Borucan Artist

Rudy is one of the youngest fine-carving artists. He eagerly learns new carving tricks. Most often, a mask artist will bring him a balsa wood log with a design drawn on it for him to carve. In re...
Sugey Jimenez Acosta, Borucan Artist
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Sugey Jimenez Acosta, Borucan Artist

Sugey started playing with paint brushes at a young age inspired by her godmother. After marrying Marcos in 2005, she easily picked up new techniques from him while falling in love with mask painti...
Women and Boruca Masks
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Women and Boruca Masks

Traditionally, and for generations, mask making has been a male dominated activity. Only very recently, some women in Boruca have become interested in painting masks but it is still rare to see one...