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Publication Date
3-2-2009
Description
The campos are the homeland of the gaúcho. Their resistance to imposed authority made gaúchos the notorious for their independent behavior. Today cattle hands and ranchers in Rio Grande do Sul still wear the traditional gaúcho outfit: poncho, black hat, bombachas (knickerbocker britches), red or white handkerchief around the neck, spurs, and belt with with dagger. Other gaúcho traditions include the chimarrão (hot water poured into a cuia or gourd filled with erva-mate and sipped through a bomba or hollow metal stern) and churrasco (beef seasoned only with salt and grilled over a charcoal fire).Os campos são a terra natal do gaúcho. Sua resistência à autoridade imposta fez os gaúchos notórios pelo seu comportamento independente. Hoje os peões e vaqueiros do Rio Grande do Sul ainda usam o traje tradicional que é basicamente composto do poncho, chapéu preto, bombacha, lenço vermelho ou branco em volta do pescoço, espora e guaiaca com punhal. Outras tradições gaúchas são o chimarrão (água quente em uma cuia ou porongo contendo erva-mate e sugada através de uma bomba ou canudo de metal) e o churrasco (carne temperada somente com sal grosso e assada sobre fogo em brasa).
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico
Rights
Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1988
Keywords
Brazil: Introduction to Brazil
