Gauchos in the city

Category: Travel Portraits

 

Photo and caption by Andres Felipe Matiz Lopez

The "Feria de Mataderos" is a little-known street market in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. There you can feel an authentic presence of the Gauchos way and find some traditional expressions like the "Carrera de sortija". This contest consist in spearing a ring on a pencil-sized wooden lance by a rider on galloping horseback.

Location: Mataderos, Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

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