Gaucho Day (2024)

24/10/2024

Learn about the bond that unites the Gaucho with its horse!
https://gauchoday.com.ar/2024/10/24/the-cultural-heritage-of-gauchos-in-argentine-traditions/

04/09/2024

Learn about he bond that unites the gaucho with its horse.

https://gauchoday.com.ar/2024/09/04/gauchos-and-horses-a-bond-forged-on-the-pampas/

09/08/2024

Dive into the gaucho culture of Argentina and the role of mate in their daily lives. Experience this unique tradition in the Pampas!
https://gauchoday.com.ar/2024/08/08/gauchos-and-mate/

22/07/2024

Explore the enduring traditions and customs of the Argentine gaucho. Experience the authentic gaucho lifestyle at Estancia La Carona.

https://gauchoday.com.ar/2024/07/22/the-life-of-a-gaucho/

08/07/2024

Explore the deep bond between gauchos and their horses. Discover the importance of this relationship in Argentine culture!
https://gauchoday.com.ar/2024/07/08/the-importance-of-horse-in-gaucho-life/

27/06/2024

Do you know the legacy of Argentine gauchos? 🐴

Join Gaucho Day at La Carona Polo Club to explore their history, traditions, and impact on Argentine culture.

https://gauchoday.com.ar/2024/06/27/gauchos-history-and-tradition/

05/06/2024

Explore the vibrant colors of Argentine autumn and immerse yourself in gaucho traditions. Experience cultural festivities and rural escapes.🇦🇷🐎
https://gauchoday.com.ar/2024/06/05/autumn-and-gaucho-traditions/

07/05/2024

Explore the vibrant traditions of Argentine gauchos: from horse races to card games, a rich cultural tapestry await🇦🇷
https://gauchoday.com.ar/2024/05/07/tradition-skill-entertainments-of-the-gaucho/

24/04/2024

Unravel Argentina's colonial past and rural traditions through the timeless legacy of estancias. 🇦🇷🏇
https://gauchoday.com.ar/2024/04/24/polo-through-ages-origin-curiosities-legends/

11/04/2024

We know a lot about gauchos, but... what about rural women? La China: The Resilient Gaucho Woman in Argentine Culture👇
https://gauchoday.com.ar/2024/04/11/la-china-the-resilient-gaucho-woman-in-argentine-culture/

04/12/2023

Mate is not just a mere beverage.
It shows gaucho camaraderie and it's key to their social life.

Check out our new blog post and learn more about the connection between gauchos and mate:
https://gauchoday.com.ar/2023/12/03/gauchos-and-mate-in-the-heart-of-the-argentine-countryside/

31/08/2023

Tales on Strings: Exploring the Music Preferred by Argentine Gauchos

Argentina's vast landscapes, steeped in history and tradition, have nurtured a unique cultural identity, where the music echoes the heartbeats of its people. Among the many intriguing aspects of Argentine culture, the musical preferences of the gauchos stand out as a testament to their rich heritage.

Enter here for more info! https://gauchoday.com.ar/2023/08/31/tales-on-strings-exploring-the-music-preferred-by-argentine-gauchos/

28/06/2023

The relationship between the gaucho and polo is an association that has developed throughout history in some regions of South America, such as Argentina and Uruguay. The gaucho is an iconic figure of gaucho culture, representing brave and skilled horsemen who lived on the vast plains known as the pampas.

Polo, on the other hand, is an equestrian sport played on horseback, where two teams compete to hit a small ball with a long stick in order to score goals. The gaucho, with their equestrian prowess and mastery of horses, has found a natural place in the world of polo.

For more info visit: https://gauchoday.com.ar/2023/06/28/the-gauchos-relationship-with-polo/

28/03/2023

Principal Features About a Typical Gaucho

Gauchos are legendary figures in South American history and culture. These skilled horsemen have a distinct way of life and set of characteristics that make them unique. Here are some of the most notable features of a gaucho:

Skilled Horsemen: Gauchos are skilled riders who are comfortable on horseback for extended periods of time. They are able to guide their horses with precision and control, whether they're working with cattle or racing across the pampas.

Independent Spirit: Gauchos value their freedom and autonomy and are often reluctant to conform to societal norms or authority. This spirit is often reflected in their dress and mannerisms, which are distinct from those of the urban population.

Strong Work Ethic: Gauchos are hardworking individuals who are accustomed to working long hours in tough conditions. They are responsible for herding and caring for large numbers of cattle and horses.

Deep Connection to Nature: Gauchos spend much of their time outdoors, working with animals and tending to the land. They have a deep appreciation for the beauty and power of nature, and they often incorporate this connection into their cultural traditions and beliefs.

Sense of Community: Gauchos have a strong cultural identity, which is expressed through their music, dance, and other traditions. They often work together in teams, sharing knowledge and resources to ensure the success of their collective endeavors.

In conclusion, gauchos are skilled horsemen with a fiercely independent spirit and a deep connection to nature. They are hardworking individuals with a strong sense of community and a rich cultural heritage. These characteristics have made them an enduring symbol of Pampean culture and history.

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https://gauchoday.com.ar/2023/03/28/principal-features-about-a-typical-gaucho/

12/01/2023

Gaucho’s equestrianship is impressive and a set of much needed skills to survive in The Pampas. To develop this ability (and to spend their time), all throughout the 19th century it was usual for gauchos to practice different equestrian sports:

Crowding
In this game, two gauchos would race along a narrow track, spuring their horses to shove against each other until one man could crowd the other off the track.

Cinchada
An equestrian tug-of-war, tail to tail. The rope was tied to the gauchos’ saddles to prove the mounts were strong enough to help them survive in the wild.

Jumping the bar
A bar was placed above a corral gate with just enough headroom for a horse to pass. This meant that, as the gaucho galloped through, he had to jump over the bar and land back in the saddle.

Recado
The gauchos galloped across The Pampa while he undid his recado, a saddle made from multiple layers of different materials, dropping the pieces on the floor as he went. On his way back, the gaucho was supposed to grab the pieces back from the ground and reassemble his saddle, all the time riding at full speed.

Sortija
Carrying a lance or stick, a galloping horseman had to impale a small ring dangling from a thread.

Pato
A game resembling basketball on horseback, but ranging over miles of terrain. The object is to throw the ball through a net hoop, all while riding horses.

Polo
Gaucho’s horsemanship proved to be impressive to practice Polo, the exclusive sport brought to these lands by British immigrants. This set the foundation for the further development of this fascinating sport that keeps growing stronger to this day. Nowadays, Argentina is known as the capital of Polo and is the number one place people from all around the world visit to watch and play Polo.

To learn more about gaucho’s equestrianship and the way they live, book Gaucho Day and be a gaucho for a day!

For more information visit:
https://gauchoday.com.ar/2023/01/12/gauchos-equestrianship/

06/01/2023

Truco: the gaucho’s card game

Guachos were men of many hobbies. They were very common to find hanging out in pulperias, a rural place where they would socialize, get together to drink alcohol and play Truco: the gaucho’s card game. But how do you play this famous game?
Truco is a trick-taking card game originally from Valencia and the Balearic Islands, but extremely popular in South America and Italy. It is usually played using a Spanish deck. Two people may play, or two teams of two or three players each.

Truco is also the card game that relates the most to gaucho’s identity and Argentine culture. This game was played both in the city as well as in rural towns’ pulperias. Lots of Argentines play Truco, regardless of their social status and economic back ground.
Gauchos would spend a lot of their free time hanging out with their friends and other gauchos to play Truco, making this game a fundamental part of Argentina’s tradition and identity.

If you would like to play this game and learn how to be a gaucho, visit our Argentinian ranch and enjoy our gaucho experience from Buenos Aires. The perfect day trip for you!

For more information visit:
https://gauchoday.com.ar/2023/01/06/truco-the-gauchos-card-game/

22/12/2022

Horse: Gaucho’s best friend
Gauchos in Argentina have a close relationship with plenty of animals. Horses are a gaucho’s number one best friend!

Gauchos and horses are inseparable elements. The one thing a gaucho can never miss is a loyal horse by his side. Gauchos are excellent skillfull riders! Horses make great company for a gaucho and also a very useful coworker. For gauchos, horses come in handy for travelling the long distances of the Argentine Pampas, managing large herds of animals like cows and sheep, for hunting in the countryside and even playing games like Corrida de Sortija!

For these activities any type of horse is perfect. But there is one particular breed that stands out: the Criollo. This horse breed is the most common one in South America and it has numerous qualities: its robust body perfect for working, an energetic personality, very agile legs and still an attitude calm enough that makes it a docile animal, easy to tame.

Such is the magnitude of this bond that today the Gaucho with his horse are still the most representative image of rural South America. All horses are a vital part of the gaucho community and Criollo Horses in particular have contributed a lot to the gaucho culture.

Would you like to see the bond of Gauchos and Horses up close? Come to Gaucho Day!

For more information visit:
https://gauchoday.com.ar/2022/12/22/horse-gauchos-best-friend/

02/12/2022

Games and sports of Gauchos

Gauchos are very active men that enjoy playing games and practicing different types of sports. Because of their close bond with horses and their impressive riding skills, most of these games and sports include horses! Here they are:

Jineteada
The gaucho’s jineteada is a characteristic and traditional equestrian activity of Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil. The activity consists on the rider having to hold himself for between 6 and 15 seconds on a c**t until the bell rings. The goal is to last all that time and not fall off the horse.

Corrida de Sortija
This game consists of a wooden structure made from two upright wooden posts of about 10 feet or 3 meters that are crossed by a beam placed in the center of a street or plaza where people can gather around. In the middle of this cross-beam, a small ring (or sortija) is suspended. The goal is to introduce a wooden stick inside the small suspended ring without knocking it off the beam, all whilst standing on the saddle’s stapes galloping at full speed.

Pato
The sport Pato combines the best of Polo and Basketball. This unexpected combination is a lot of fun for gauchos and their traditional sport. It consists of 2 teams of 4 riders each and their criollo horses, all running after a ball with 6 leather handles. The goal is to throw the ball through a net hoop.

Would you like to play any of these games?

For more information visit:
https://gauchoday.com.ar/2022/12/02/games-and-sports-of-gauchos/

31/10/2022

Gauchos traditions live on!

Gauchos are a fundamental symbol of Argentina’s history, identity and representation of our values. Their presence and legacy lives on even in nowadays modern times. Gauchos played a big part in South America’s history and they are still celebrated to this day.

Particularly in Argentina, there are a large number of traditionalist and nativist societies that are responsible for preserving and disseminating the traditions and customs of the gaucho.

In Argentina, every 10th of November, we celebrate Day of Tradition as an homage to José Hernandez’s birth. Moreover, ever 6th of December we celebrate the National Gaucho Day in commemoration of the publication of the first part of El gaucho Martín Fierro, a narrative poem by José Hernández, the most important work of gaucho literature.

Most importantly, gauchos and their contributions to our history are represented and celebrated in our daily traditions and values. They live on in our folkloric music and our delicious meats and asados, undisputed specialty of the gaucho. Moreover, gauchos had distinguished skills as horsemen and their bond and nobility with horses are celebrated every day at our estancia with our horses in the Pampas plain and countryside.

Spend a day celebrating gauchos at our estancia! May their traditions and values live on forever!

For more information visit: https://gauchoday.com.ar/2022/10/31/gauchos-traditions-live-on/

25/10/2022

The gaucho: symbol of Argentina's tradition and culture

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21/10/2022

Nov 10th: Day of Tradition

Day of Tradition is right around the corner! Every year, on the 10th of November, it’s Day of Tradition in Argentina. This holiday is a recognition of our identity and a celebration of who we are as a country.

The celebration of the Day of Tradition became official in 1939 to honor the gaucho traditions in the Province of Buenos Aires. Without a doubt, this date became an homage an appreciation to all of Argentina’s traditions and particularly to the writer José Hernández, after whose birthday the holiday was declared.

In his works Martín Fierro (1872) and Martín Fierro's Return (1879), José Hernández pays homage to the gaucho, one of the symbols of our national identity. His legacy remains relevant in our history and has been taken up as inspiration for the production of different works like the movies .

The Day of Tradition is the perfect opportunity to get closer to our customs and our identity: learn about gauchos, eat some traditional asado and empanadas and enjoy the company of a horse in the countryside!

To celebrate and honor Argentina’s traditions, spend a day like a true gaucho in our estancia!

For more information visit: https://gauchoday.com.ar/2022/10/21/nov-10th-day-of-tradition/

04/10/2022

There is no stronger bond than that of a gaucho and his horse.

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28/09/2022

What are boleadoras?

Perhaps you have heard the term boleadoras before when referring to gauchos and their customs. But what exactly are they?

Boleadoras are a regularly used item by gauchos as weapons of war, a hunting element or even for livestock work. They consist of three branches of twisted rawhide, 1.8 to 2 meters each and finished off in three balls of stone, lead, or hard wood wrapped.

Most boleadoras consist of two or three balls, that are very hard polished stones in an almost spherical shape. The diameter of each ball is usually about 10 cm if used for combat or big prey hunting. These stones were joined by tientos or guascas, that are a form of leather strips. Overtime, these were replaced by ropes with three strands of braided leather, usually cowhide.

The purpose of the boleadoras was to be rolled over the gauchos’ head and thrown with force at the legs, body or neck of the animal to catch them. When the gaucho throws the boleadoras and hits the animal, the balls twist around its legs making it fall down. There are three types of boleadoras:

The first one is boleadoras with only one ball. The name for this is "crazy ball" or "lost ball" and they were used for capturing small animals.

The second type has two balls. These are called ñanduceras or avestruceras, and are used to capture American ostriches.

The third type, and the most popular one, is the boleadora with three balls called Tres Marías. The Tres Marías are used for working with cattle and horses.

Would you try throwing some boleadoras like a gaucho?

For more information visit:
https://gauchoday.com.ar/2022/09/28/what-are-boleadoras/

19/09/2022

We invite you to discover and enjoy our traditions!

The Gaucho remains a symbol of the argentine ways of living, our roots and our culture.

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08/09/2022

Gauchos had a diet that has become a part of Argentina’s traditions.
A gaucho's diet was composed mainly of meat, especially beef. A popular phrase said by gauchos was “Todo bicho que camina va a parar al asador” meaning that any animal that walks can be eaten, whether it is a pig, sheep, chicken, rabbit or fish. Only, in cases of dire need and famine, a gaucho lowered himself to eating horse, dog, or domestic cat meat.
A typical gaucho barbecue consisted of beef ribs (or goat or sheep) roasted on a cross and the cow's meat roasted on embers (a small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire).
The asado is the most widespread gaucho tradition, historically done "a la cruz". This means the portions of meat were left hanging on an iron spit in the shape of a cross that is stuck in the ground around a wood stove. The roast is usually accompanied by achuras or bowel meats (like morcilla, chorizo, kidneys, gizzards and guts). It was usually eaten while standing up, cutting the meat with the knife accompanying it with bread.
Other typical foods of the gauchos of Argentina include empanadas, locro, humita, arrope or the different stews.
The gauchos commonly drink mate, a tea made from the leaves of the yerba tree, as a non-alcoholic infusion. For alcoholic beverages, they drink in a relatively moderate way wines, cane and more rarely gin. These were consumed to accompany meals or at meetings in the pulperías. Today gauchos continue to eat and drink these foods typical of that time.
Would you like to try eating like a gaucho?
For more info on gauchos visit: https://gauchoday.com.ar/2022/09/08/typical-diet-of-a-gaucho/

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