Many explanations have been proposed, but no-one really knows how the word "gaucho" originated. Already in 1933 an author … See more

The historical "gaucho" is elusive, because there has been more than one kind. Mythologisation has obscured the topic.
Itinerant horsemen, hunting wild cattle on the pampas, originated as a social class during the 1… See more

For many, an essential attribute of a gaucho is that he is a skilled horseman. Scottish physician and botanist David Christison noted in 1882, "He has taken his first lessons in riding before he is well able to walk". Wi… See more

The gaucho plays an important symbolic role in the nationalist feelings of this region, especially that of Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The epic poem Martín Fierro by José Hernández (considered by some the national epic of … See more

The gaucho in some respects resembled members of other nineteenth century rural, horse-based cultures such as the North American cowboy (vaquero in Spanish), huaso of Central Chile, the Peruvian chalan or … See more

• Martín Fierro is a 2,316-line epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández on the life of the eponymous gaucho.
• Way of a Gaucho 1952 film starring Gene Tierney and Rory Calhoun.… See more

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