Gaucho National Day Festival - Argentina

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Jineteada Gaucha or Doma Gaucha is a traditional sport in the Gaucho culture of Argentina. The objective is for the rider to stay on an untamed horse for 15 seconds.

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A gaucho playing guitar and singing traditional songs.

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Jineteada Gaucha or Doma Gaucha is a traditional sport in the Gaucho culture of Argentina. The objective is for the rider to stay on an untamed horse for 15 seconds.

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A gaucho brings the horses for the demonstration.

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Jineteada Gaucha or Doma Gaucha is a traditional sport in the Gaucho culture of Argentina. The objective is for the rider to stay on an untamed horse for 15 seconds.

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Gauchos preparing for the festival.

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Jineteada Gaucha or Doma Gaucha is a traditional sport in the Gaucho culture of Argentina. The objective is for the rider to stay on an untamed horse for 15 seconds.

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Gauchos marking one of their horses.

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A young gaucho drinking mate, a type of tea infusion.

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Jineteada Gaucha or Doma Gaucha is a traditional sport in the Gaucho culture of Argentina. The objective is for the rider to stay on an untamed horse for 15 seconds.

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Jineteada Gaucha or Doma Gaucha is a traditional sport in the Gaucho culture of Argentina. The objective is for the rider to stay on an untamed horse for 15 seconds.

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Irons used to mark horses.

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A gaucho preparing mate, a type of tea infusion.

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A gaucho throws a lasso to a horse.

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A gaucho seen here marking horses.

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Jineteada Gaucha or Doma Gaucha is a traditional sport in the Gaucho culture of Argentina. The objective is for the rider to stay on an untamed horse for 15 seconds.

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Jineteada Gaucha or Doma Gaucha is a traditional sport in the Gaucho culture of Argentina. The objective is for the rider to stay on an untamed horse for 15 seconds.

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A gaucho brings horses for the demonstration.

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The Asado is the gaucho traditional meal.

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Jineteada Gaucha or Doma Gaucha is a traditional sport in the Gaucho culture of Argentina. The objective is for the rider to stay on an untamed horse for 15 seconds.

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A festival celebrating 'Gaucho' National Day took place at Las Flores. Gaucho is a term commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, and the event included horsemanship and displays of Gaucho culture. 4th December 2011

Gaucho is a term commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas found principally in parts of Argentina.
The gaucho plays an important symbolic role in the nationalist feelings of this region, especially that of Argentina. The epic poem Martín Fierro by José Hernández (considered by some the national epic of Argentina) used the gaucho as a symbol against corruption and of Argentine national tradition, pitted against Europeanising tendencies.