Gauchos, known in Rancagua, Chile, where this is happening, as huasos, are milling about, waiting for their
turn to enter the arena to the right. A man is opening the arena’s gate to give
way to the next two-man team to compete. These men’s task will be to chase a
running young bull and use their horses to pin it against the arena’s circular wall.
The colors and elegance are impressive. And every man wears the same pretty hats. But the stunts are not very exciting to
watch if you have been at rodeos in America’s and Canada’s West. Or in Ecuador,
for that matter. There I have seen cowboys, known there as vaqueros, lasso a galloping horse using a bare foot instead of a
hand. And even teach young children to do it.
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