gauchos

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Gaucho reunion in Salta for the day of Virgen del Perpetuo Socorro. Gaucho is a term commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, chacos or Patagonian grasslands. The gaucho plays an important symbolic role in the nationalist feelings of this region, especially that of Argentina and Uruguay. The epic poem Martin Fierro by Jose Hernandez used the gaucho as a symbol against corruption and of Argentine national tradition, pit against Europeanising tendencies. Like the North American cowboy, gauchos are generally reputed to be strong, honest, silent types, but proud and capable of violence when provoked. There is, perhaps, more of an air of melancholy about the classic gaucho than the classic cowboy.

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Size: 3667px × 5500px
Location: Salta, Argentina
Photo credit: © Michele Molinari / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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