2009 | San José Puro Cuento (“Full of Stories”)

Filling San José with stories! In this edition, our storytellers went to the University of Costa Rica’s plaza (also called “Pretil”), to tell stories to the university community.
2008 | Tellin’ Stories at UCR’s plaza

The summary of this edition emphasized the challenges society faces in the 21st century regarding the relationship of storytelling VS. living in a technological era. We still need to communicate with each other, but ironically it is when we have the least chance of relating to everyone in a fraternal, leisurely conversation, conscious of the […]
2002 | San José: The Festival of Tales

We began our journey in 2002, led by Edgar Ortiz. Like all good living memories we don’t have photos of this edition. Perhaps we could find photos sometime, and if that happens, we promise we’ll upload them.
2022 | The Last Children of the Forest

For the Puro Cuento Festival in its (14th) edition, which is already a miracle of artistic persistence, becoming the First Festival with bare Carbon Neutral words in Central America, fills us with joy and also with an ecological and educational commitment. The purpose is to teach younger generations the importance of decreasing the Carbon footprint […]