Argentinians celebrate annual Gaucho day

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(13 Nov 2017) Visitors from Argentina and abroad gathered on Sunday to celebrate the 78th annual festival dedicated to Gauchos.
Gauchos - the famous Argentinian cowboys - paraded through San Antonio de Areco - a town widely recognised as the birthplace of the Argentinian tradition.
The town is known for its dancing, music and horse-led performances.
The town of San Antonio de Areco dates from the early 18th century and is a veritable living museum to the nomadic horsemen, who much like the North American cowboys, have become a national institution in Argentina.
In the municipal centre, a shrine to the Gaucho tells the history of the iconic figure.
During the mid-19th century, a clash of cultures between Gauchos and European settlers meant the former were slow to find employment with the new landowners.
However, Gaucho skills were indispensable when it came to tending to the roaming herds of cattle on the plains of Argentina - once a mainstay of the national economy.

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