These people wore a hat that resembled a beret called the "boina," and they were separated into subgroups including the "rastreador," who traces paths, and "cantor," who was a troubadour.
These people wore a hat that resembled a beret called the "boina," and they were separated into subgroups including the "rastreador," who traces paths, and "cantor," who was a troubadour. This people used silver straws and carried an elaborately decorated utility knife called a facon (fuh-CONE). In the 1800s, Martin Miguel de Guemes, the Governor of Salta Province, formed an army of these people to fight royalists. An example of their literature is Jose Hernandez's epic poem Martin Fierro. These people typically use bolas and wear ponchos, which can also be used as saddle blankets. They work as hunters and as cattle herders on ranches called estancias. For 10 points, name this South American cowboy primarily found in the pampas or Patagonia.
These people wore a hat that resembled a beret called the "boina," and they were separated into subgroups including the "rastreador," who traces paths, and "cantor," who was a troubadour.
gauchos