Polo in Argentina

poncho gaucho

Ponchos in Argentina

Longer before the Spanish conquest, the local people from what later would known as Argentina made refined clothing with wool from tamed llamas to protect themselves from the cold weather. They used to cover the upper part of their bodies with what we call a poncho: a square or rectangular piece of ...

argentine gaucho

Why are Gauchos important to Argentina

The gaucho is a national symbol in Argentina, they became greatly admired and renowned in legends, folklore and literature and became an important part of their regional cultural tradition....

gaucho and horse

THE GAUCHO AND THE HORSE

For the gaucho, the horse was like a part of himself, and, when there was the unusual case that he did not have it, he said “he was without feet”. Maybe that’s why he gave him so many different names, each of which contained a true definition of the animal’s conditions. Pingo...