“2.5 Million Eggs Consumed Daily in Costa Rica”

World Egg Day is celebrated across the World on the second Friday in October. Whether you celebrate World Egg Day every year, or this will be your first time, make sure that this year on Friday 12th October, you get cracking and help to make this World Egg Day the biggest and the best ever.

The egg is one of the most important foods in Costa Rica, not only for its cheap cost but also for it nutritional value. This is no yolk. Eggs certainly are what they are cracked up to be. Aside from high cholesterol, eggs are a healthy food. High in nutrition, and low in fat, people all over the world enjoy eggs. And, they celebrate eggs on this day.

According to the Cámara Nacional de Avicultores, on average 2.5 million eggs are consumed daily in Costa Rica – that is 75.000.000 a month or 900.000.000 yearly.

To celebrate the day, the Cámara is planning a variety of activities in the Juan Santamaría park in downtown Alajuela, one of which providing 3.000 egg breakfasts at 7:30am.

Other activities will see competition for the fastest egg packer and the largest chicken egg.

To crack open the eggs Costa Rican athletes participating in 2012 Olympic games will lend a hand.

Don’t have egg on your face, by forgetting this special day. We can think of a dozen reasons to enjoy World Egg Day to the fullest. We know eggs-actly how people begin this special day…. with eggs for breakfast. And, there’s ohh so much more you can do with them.

Ways to celebrate World Egg Day:

• First and foremost, eat some eggs today. You can have them for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
• Learn more about the health benefits of eggs.
• Have an Egg Hunt. Who says egg hunts are only at Easter!? More on Egg Hunts.
• Hold a debate with the question: “Which came first, the chicken or the Egg?”
• Have an Egg throwing contest. It’s a big sport in Great Britain.
• Read an eggy story to your child. We suggest reading “The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg”.
• Decorate some eggs.

Find out how many things are made of, or contain eggs. You might be surprised.

Origin of World Egg Day:
Although their website did not make the claim, we believe this day was created in the United States by the International Egg Commission. This organization promotes the egg industry. They have a wealth of information on eggs, and about World Egg Day.

On November 3 Costa Ricans will take part in the Lady Gaga “The Born This Way Ball” concert tour being held at the Estadio Nacional (National Stadium) in La Sabana park.

The fan club, “Club de Fas en Costa Rica de Lady Gaga” posted on their Facebook page that Costa Rica WILL have the Monster Pit.

Originally the Monster Pit was not part of the show. However, on Monday a official statement by RPMTV, the promoter of the concert, said that the Pit would be in our country.

The Monster Pit is part of the design that has been used in most countries in Europer, Asia and Oceania.

On February 6, 2012, Gaga tweeted that the central area within the stage will be known as “The Monster Pit”, which is regulated to general admission fans who were the first to arrive. Every night, the Haus of Gaga will also choose fans from the Monster Pit to come backstage and meet Gaga. On Lady Gaga’s official website, the rules of eligibility for the Monster Pit are described in more detail.

According to “Gagapedia”, here are the Monster Pit eligibility details:

– Due to venue capacity issues, only those with GA floor tickets will be eligible to earn Monster Pit access.

– For safety & security reasons, fans won’t be permitted to line up at the venue before 8am local time the day of the show; those with GA floor tickets can line up in the Monster Pit eligibility line. The afternoon of each show, Monster Pit access wristbands will be distributed to GA floor ticket holders who have arrived first, waited the longest, and are dressed to “Ball.”

– The first person in line for the Monster Pit will receive a key.

– A very limited amount of Monster Pit passes will be held and distributed at random each night for those who do NOT have GA floor tickets; these will be awarded to fans who arrived first, waited longest, + dressed to “Ball” but who do not have GA floor tickets.

Monster Pit key
The first person in line for the Monster Pit is awarded a key, which symbolically opens the Monster Pit for each date. They are called the “Holders of the Monster Pit key”. After each show, Gaga’s team uploads a picture with the holder on LittleMonsters.com, who are all meant to sign them on their respective keys. On dates with venues that are to small for the Monster Pit, the first person on the General Admissions line is awarded the key.

The Born This Way Ball Tour is the third concert tour by Lady Gaga to promote Born This Way. Gaga first announced the tour on February 19, 2011 during the first night of the third version of The Monster Ball Tour. Gaga stated that she originally intended to start the tour at the end of 2011. Gaga also stated during an interview with Fuse, that she wanted The Born This Way Ball Tour to be more like a continuation of The Monster Ball Tour; however, the continuation concept was not used.

Source: Facebook and Wikia.com