LARGEST Painted Ox Cart in the World, Sarchi Norte, Costa Rica
N 10° 05.392 W 084° 20.741
16P E 790919 N 1116529
According to tourist websites, this painted ox cart is the largest in the world! It is beautifully painted and includes the ox neck harness.
Waymark Code: WM81KG
Location: Costa Rica
Date Posted: 01/09/2010
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Per this website:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarchí
"World's Largest Oxcart: A huge, brightly-painted carreta that sits in the Parque Central in front of the church in Sarchí Norte. It was built in 2006 in order to get the name of the town into The Guinness Book of World Records. The plan was a success."
AND also per this website: (
visit link) (partially quoted here):
"oxcart history took a giant step forward with the construction of the largest oxcart in the world.
For the record, the Guinness book of world records, that is, the cart is 14 meters (about 45 feet) long and weighs two tons.
Built to scale, it is five times the size of a normal oxcart, according to Fernando Alfaro, whose factory built the enormous wagon. The idea came from
the local tourism bureau, and the cart went on display July 13 to celebrate the feast of Sarchí’s patron saint, Santiago the apostle, July 16.
Though a parade of carretas drawn by oxen was part of the festivities, the huge one was pulled by a tractor to a permanent space in front of the town
culture center.
The cart is made of cedar and is painted with four coats of orange paint and the multicolored, intricate design typical of Tico oxcarts. Construction and
painting took a total of 70 days."