Gauchos

Wherever you have cattle, and cattle ranches, you have people on horseback tending to them. They're called by many names: cowboy in the US; gaucho in Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil; vaqueiro in northern Brazil; huaso in Chile and llanero in Colombia and Venezuela.

Site dedicated to the Argentina gauchos with pictures, historical facts and traditions.

Origins, history and customs of the Uruguayan gaucho with links to related sites of interest.

A study of the gaucho origins way of life physical descriptions etc. Fascinating. In spanish.

Argentine monthly devoted to the traditions and national heritage of the gauchos.

Photos of gauchos from Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

Providers of authentic traditional gaucho clothing and gear from Argentina and Uruguay. We specialize in the original bombachas de campo trousers or gaucho pants and the alpargatas espadrilles shoes as well as other clothing items like hats, belts and ponchos. All products are posted from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

They've been called the wanderers of the Pampas. Gauchos have been known to wander the countryside as early as the 1600's, time in which the 'flatlands' were overpopulated by 'cimarron' cattle, brought to South America by Pedro de Mendoza in 1538.

Letters, gaucho poetry and folkloric traditions of the gauchos.

José Hernández is the author most associated with the gauchos. This site is about him, his works, his epic poem, Martin Fierro. You can download the poem from here.

Prepare to spend a lot of time at this wonderfully, creative, evocative site with flash movies, music and photos detailing Gaucho life, legends, horsemanship, clothing, yerba mate, culture and muco mas!

At the end of the nineteenth century, thousands of East European Jews fled from persecution and pogroms. This video is their story of immigration and survival in the Argentinian pampas.