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Welcome to the one and only Mondetrotter edition. This magazine was created with the sole purpose of letting people know a little bit more about the Italian culture in Costa Rica. The Italian culture is one of the oldest and richest cultures in the world. It has influenced a lot of countries and people with its gastronomy and unique taste for fashion and style. We all -the team of Mondetrotter- have been working in this project for along time. We hope you enjoy it while you are reading, as we have enjoyed it while we produce it.
Daniel Cordero Editor
italian Influence
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italian day
italian food
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italian clothing
in cover
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World cup
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I ta l i a n I n f l u e n c e i n C o s ta R i c a There is a lot of Italian influence in Costa Rica, for example in food, fashion, and lifestyle. Many years ago, after de Cold War, too many Italian men from the army and the hospitals thought that the climate in Europe was to cold, so they needed to go to another place to get hot. For that reason, one thousand single Italian men decided to take a ship and travel to Puerto Rico.
When the big boat was passing through the Atlantic Ocean, a big wave impacted the ship and all the men had to jump to the water. Some of them died. They stayed two days in the middle of the sea, until a big ship from the United When the Italian people arrived Costa Rica, they preferred to stay here instead of going to Italy. They started working as Italian teachers in some Universities, High schools and institutes, then with the help of some CostaRican people, they establishedpizza places in the Central Valley and Fancy Italian food restaurants. Ten years later, Jean Luca, the owner of Pepperoni´s Pizza Restaurant, got married with a sexy Costa Rican girl named Patricia, nowadays they live in San Pedro and have a beautiful family.The rest of Italians that came with Jean Luca started to do the same, and got married with “ticas” to set up beautiful families. Nowadays Italian people live happy in Costa Rica, and a lot of retired Italians come here to end their days in this little piece of earth full of nature and peace.
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T h e I ta l i a n D ay The Italian day is a day to celebrate all the Italian people that live in Costa Rica. The celebration lasts for a week in downtown San Jose and they make Italian and Costa Rican activities that remind them why they decided to live in this country, and the other ones to remember the good things Italy has. This celebration pretends to make Italians feel at home for a week. Some of the things they do during the week are performing traditional dances from Italy, also practice traditional sports and play their games. The activity that characterizes more this celebration is sharing food that they bring from their home with others. To the celebration can assist people from all parts of the world, to know more about their traditional culture of Italy. People from other nationalities that go are because are tourist in the country or are immigrants that live here.
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Through the years the activity has counted with Venezuelans, Colombians, Americans, Ticos, Nicaraguans, Mexicans and others. The activity is commonly performed in La Plaza de la Cultura in San Jose, Costa Rica. The organizers every year try to do it in August between the second and third week of the month. The celebration takes place since 1998. Every year assists between 2200 people and passing the years are coming more and more. This is another recreational activity that can teach us a lot from another country we are not familiar with. Do not miss it!
P r i n c i pa l T r a d i t i o n Italy is traditionally known for singing. Italians study singing since they are children mostly between 6 and 7 years old. Their parents matriculate them almost in a mandatory way in singing classes, they study about 5 years and then be part of a chorus. The best singers are accepted to be part of the Italian national chorus, the others create little groups and performs in restaurant, bars or activities. Italians were raised that way for their ancestors they normally sing while they are doing their labors. The most commonly type of music they sing is the cumbia. When they came to live to Costa Rica and started creating new families they discovered that here women fall in love after they sing a traditional song from Italy. Nowadays in families that are formed by an Italian and a Costa Rican sing together at 7:30 pm, after dinner the traditional songs from Italy and from Costa Rica.
drinks Fruit punch Orange juice Iced tea
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I TA L I A N F O O D I
Italian food has been flourishing in Costa Rica for decades. What a blessing to have so many italian chefs having their way with this fertile country . Families from Costa Rica prepare several italian recipes by themselves, but they do not realize that this food comes from italy. The most famous recipes that Costaricans prepare are: the classic tomato, spaghuetti ,pizza, lasagna, italian salads. Costa Ricans consider italian food very delicious; actually, many young people like to visit pizza restaurants with their friends. Costa Rica has a lot of italian restaurants, and according to Monica: the best are: La criollita, Doris metropolitan, Sobre las Olas, La Luz, CafĂŠ Viejo, Amimodo, De Paso, Bacchus, II Giardino, La Pecora Nera. Those restaurants are very sophisticated and offer delicious food. You can find your favorite italian food in these excellent restaurants.
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Lasagna The delicious lasagna came to Costa Rica in 1994 when the famous Italian chef Ysabelle Benussi brought this recipe to that country. Since 1994, Costa Ricans started making lasagna in their homes because of its delicious taste and its easy preparation. Nowadays, Costa Ricans usually prepare this delicious meal in formal parties, weddings and events like that.
INGREDIENTS SERVINGS 12
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(9 ounce) boxbarilla no-boil lasagna noodles
2 eggs 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese 1 / 2 cup parmesan cheese (optional) 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb sausage, browned
1 (28 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce or 1 (28 ounce) jar pasta sauce parsley (to garnish)
DIRECTIONS Preheat oven to 375. In bowl, combine beaten eggs, ricotta cheese and TWO cups of the mozzarella cheese and parmesan. If you choose not to use the parmesan, just add more mozzarella. Set aside. In a 13X9X3 pan, spread 1 cup of sauce on bottom of pan. Layer in the order, 4 uncooked lasagna noodles (they will overlap), then 1/3 part of the ricotta cheese mixture, half the browned meat, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, and 1 cup of spaghetti sauce. Next layer, 4 uncooked lasagna noodles, 1/3 part of the ricotta cheese mixture, and 1 1/2 Cups sauce. Next layer, 4 uncooked lasagna noodles, remaining ricotta mixture and remained meat, 1 cup of sauce. For top layer, 4 uncooked lasagna noodles, remaining sauce, and remaining 1 cup mozzarella. Bake covered with foil for 50-60 minutes. Uncover and continue cooking until all the cheese is melted on the top (about 5 minutes). Let stand 15 minutes before serving. If you are using a 13X9X2 pan---just make 3 layers to avoid boiling over.
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I ta l i a n c l o t h i n g “Negozio di vestiti” is the name of the best Italian clothing store in Costa Rica. It is located in San Vito, Coto Brus. It has a range of sophisticated, and elegant italian designs that will flatter your figure, and suit your style. First, a fabulous range of girl´s dresses, casuals and footwear in the latest colours. Actually, it is a perfect clothing for girls on this season. To men, they will find many pants in different styles and colors with the best Italian brands. Hats and coats can be found too. Every collection is created from scratch, and the owner goes to great lengths to find luxurious fabrics and exclusive prints, many from the best Italian mills. Finally, it is important to know that those garments are created by a famous designer Francesco Poltronieri with the best prices. As a conclusion, this store is a good option if you want to look fashion.
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In cover
Donatella Versage
The Italian designer is never seen without a deep brown tan, thick lips and her signature peroxide blonde hair. Born in May 1955, Donatella Versace has has kept the Versace name and empire at the fore-front of fashion since the untimely death of her brother Gianni in 1997, who was murdered in Miami. Along with her three siblings, Donatella was brought up in Calabria, Italy, by their father and her inspiration to become a designer -her mother- a dressmaker. In the mid-Seventies, Donatella became the “muse and critic� of her brother Gianni, who had established his powerful Versace label. He later gave Donatella her own label - Versus, the line for youth people.
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In the Eighties she had two children - Allegra, born in 1986, and Daniel, born in 1989. When her brother died, Donatella took the reins of the Versace empire, letting Versus back, now worried about keeping Versace as the best fashion house in Europe. Donatella’s daughter Allegra then aged 11 - who inherited the 50 per cent stake in the Versace brand. Under her watch, Versace moved beyond clothing to include accessories, home furnishings, and hotels, morphing Versace into a complete lifestyle brand. In 2008, she was made the honorary chairman for London’s Fashion Fringe, judging upcoming designer talent. In 2009, Donatella asked Christopher Kane to revive Versus. The pair successfully revitalised the brand, making it a major player again on the Fashion Week schedule.
Donatella Versace has managed to maintain Versace, her bother´s legacy, as one of the most prominent and influential brands around the world getting millions of dollars per year, dressing famous actors and singers for red carpets and shows. Kilcooley, Scarlett. “Who´s who: Donatella Versace.” Vogue. Conde Nast Intl., 22 Jan. 2013.Web.
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World
Cup
The most popular sport around the world is soccer. World Cup is the event most expected for the people, pursuant to people. As a kwon about the history; according with Italia mia, Italian team won repeatedly the cup in different years; 1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006; which means Italy team became a powerful soccer team. On 1990, Italy had an important event that was the World Cup. But according to BBC SPORT, Italy was the worst cup at that moment because everybody was waiting Argentina won instead of Germany. That was a terrible moment for the Costa Rican people because this defeat was not expected for anybody. The “ticos” waited that Argentina won in representation of Americas. Because in that moment Maradonna was the best player, and all the fans wanted that Maradonna was the winner.
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In that World Cup, Costa Rica did not have a great moment in Italy 90. But was not the same in the 2014 World Cup because it did a change defeating at the “powerful teams”. Costa Rica soccer team beaded soccer teams like: Unite Kingdom, Italy, Uruguay, and Greek. For that reason, all the country did a party the last year; however, Costa Rica team never reached the quarterfinals. At the end, people felt proud for their team because they played with big figure like Andrea Pirlo, Buffon, and Mario Balotelli, and did a great show.
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