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Gaucho culture

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Gaucho culture

The Gaucho culture or Gaúcho culture, is the set of knowledge, arts, tools, food, traditions and customs that have as a reference to the gaucho, which means "a mestizo".

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Geographically, in the 18th and 19th centuries it was extended by a region of South America that covers much of the territory of Argentina, Uruguay and the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, where it is known as Gaucho culture. In Argentina and Uruguay, a gaucho is simply "A country person, experienced in traditional cattle ranching work". In historical gauchos were reputed to be brave, if unruly, the word is also applied metaphorically to mean "Noble, brave and generous", but also "One who is skillful in subtle tricks, crafty".

The Gaucho culture has resulted in styles and forms of expression in music, literature and theater is very defined. Some of its main components are related to the importance of rural life of plain, horse, guitar, mate and beef, as well as the values of solidarity, loyalty, hospitality and courage.

Historical review

It appeared in the 16th century during the colonization of Spain and Portugal from those regions, acquired its own identity from the special type of livestock rural work that was developed there, because of the multiplication of bovines in the wild, a fact that allowed a wide degree of freedom for those trabajadores.y disappeared in the late 19th century.

Characteristics

Characteristics of the rural gaucho culture are express in horse, beef. leather, guitar, loneliness, housing (e.g. the ranch), family, stay, work and facón etc.

References

Gaucho culture Wikipedia