Gaucho | gaucho
SkilledhorsemaninSouthAmericaAgaucho(Spanish: [ˈɡawtʃo])orgaúcho(Portuguese: [ɡaˈuʃu])isaskilledhorseman,reputedtobebraveandunruly.ThegauchoisanationalsymbolinArgentinaandUruguay,butisalsoastrongcultureinsouthernBrazil.Gauchosbecamegreatlyadmiredandrenownedinlegends,folkloreandliteratureandbecameanimportantpartoftheirregionalculturaltradition.Beginninglateinthe19thcentury,aftertheheydayofthegauchos,theywerecelebratedbySouthAmericanwriters.Thegauchoinsomerespectsresembledmembersofotherninetee...
Skilled horseman in South America
A gaucho (Spanish: [ˈɡawtʃo]) or gaúcho (Portuguese: [ɡaˈuʃu]) is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The gaucho is a national symbol in Argentina and Uruguay, but is also a strong culture in southern Brazil. Gauchos became greatly admired and renowned in legends, folklore and literature and became an important part of their regional cultural tradition. Beginning late in the 19th century, after the heyday of the gauchos, they were celebrated by South American writers.
The gaucho in some respects resembled members of other nineteenth century rural, horse-based cultures such as the North American cowboy (vaquero in Spanish), the Chilean huaso, the Peruvian chalan or morochuco, the Venezuelan or Colombian llanero, the Hawaiian paniolo,[1] the Mexican charro or the Portuguese campino.
According to the Diccionario de la lengua española, in its historical sense a gaucho was "a mestizo who, in the 18th and 19th cent...