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Feria de Artesania Boruca in Boruca
Boruca's artisan craft economy centers on hand-carved balsa and cedar masks, made in one to four days depending on complexity and sold directly by community makers as both cultural expression and primary household income; a specifically dated, independently documented annual Feria de Artesania Boruca distinct from ongoing community craft sales was not confirmed.
The craft fair that sustains Boruca's artisan economy centers on balsa and cedar masks carved in high relief, combining human faces with feathers, fangs and horns into designs that are both zoomorphic and anthropomorphic, made entirely by hand by community members for whom craftwork is often the primary household income.