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Huasos, Chilean cowboys, horses, bull, Chonchi Rodeo, Chiloé Island, Chile

At the Chonchi Rodeo on Chiloé Island, Huasos (Chilean cowboys, skilled horsemen) try to pin a bull against a fence between two flags then reverse the animal, three times. Alli, alli, alli! Good and bad points (bueno y malo) are awarded for their efforts. Huasos are found all over Central and Southern Chile (but the Magellanes Region sheep raisers are called gauchos). A country woman skilled with horses is a huasa, and the wife or sweetheart of a huaso is called a china. Founded in 1767, Chonchi is a town of 12,500 people (as of 2002) on Isla de Chiloé, the largest island in Chile. Huasos typically wear a straw hat called a chupalla and a poncho (called a manta or a chamanto) over a short Andalusian waist jacket. Photo is from 1993 in Chonchi, Chiloé Island, Los Lagos Region, Zona Austral, Chile, South America.

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CHILE 1993: Lake District; Patagonia
At the Chonchi Rodeo on Chiloé Island, Huasos (Chilean cowboys, skilled horsemen) try to pin a bull against a fence between two flags then reverse the animal, three times. Alli, alli, alli! Good and bad points (bueno y malo) are awarded for their efforts. Huasos are found all over Central and Southern Chile (but the Magellanes Region sheep raisers are called gauchos). A country woman skilled with horses is a huasa, and the wife or sweetheart of a huaso is called a china. Founded in 1767, Chonchi is a town of 12,500 people (as of 2002) on Isla de Chiloé, the largest island in Chile. Huasos typically wear a straw hat called a chupalla and a poncho (called a manta or a chamanto) over a short Andalusian waist jacket. Photo is from 1993 in Chonchi, Chiloé Island, Los Lagos Region, Zona Austral, Chile, South America.
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