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THEreaping

The ultimate live spice endurance test.

The Casco Heat Chili Challenge is a high-impact live chili-eating competition designed for the festival audience. Contestants face a progressive ladder of increasingly spicy whole chilies, testing their endurance, composure, and ability to withstand.

Welcome to THE REAPING

The annual Casco Heat Ceremony at Boutique Hotel Plaza Herrera in Casco Viejo is not just an event—it is a ritual, a performance, and a test of human courage.

Inspired by tradition and fueled by extreme heat, participants engage in a series of progressive challenges featuring increasingly potent chilies, including some of the world's most intense, all presented within a ceremonial and dramatic framework.

This is where adrenaline meets culture…
Where flavor meets fire…
Where ordinary people become spice warriors.

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