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Martín Fierro, written in 1872 by José Hernández is considered the masterpiece of gaucho literature.. Gaucho literature, also known as gauchesco ("gauchoesque") genre was a literary movement purporting to use the language of the gauchos, comparable to the American cowboy, and reflecting their mentality.
Martín Fierro, also known as El Gaucho Martín Fierro, is a 2,316-line epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández.The poem was originally published in two parts, El Gaucho Martín Fierro (1872) and La Vuelta de Martín Fierro (1879).
Gaucho from Argentina, photographed in Peru, 1868. A gaucho (Spanish:) or gaúcho (Portuguese:) is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly.The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol of Argentina, Paraguay, [1] Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, the southern part of Bolivia, [2] and the south of Chilean Patagonia. [3]
The Gaucho culture, or Gaúcho culture, is the set of knowledge, arts, tools, food, traditions and customs that have served as a reference to the gaucho. Geographically, in the 18th and 19th centuries it was extended by a region of South America that covers much of the territory of Argentina , [ 3 ] all of Uruguay , and the state of Rio Grande ...
Hooiberg (Dutch: /ˈɦojbɛrx/ (listen ⓘ)) is a distinctively shaped, 165 m (541 ft) conical hill located at the heart of the island of Aruba.This geological formation is a prominent and recognizable landmark that has long captured the attention of locals and visitors alike—Hooiberg is Aruba's centerpiece.
Aruba: zoals het was, zoals het werd: van de tijd der Indianen tot op heden [Aruba: As it was, as it became: From the time of the Indians to the present] (in Dutch). Aruba: Van Dorp. Karner, Frances P. (1969). The Sephardics of Curaçao: A study of socio-cultural patterns in flux. Assen, Netherlands: Van Gorcum & Comp N.V. Lennep Coster, G. van ...
Federico Fingal from Aruba was the last person, in 1962, to watch over the California Lighthouse. Nowadays, the lighthouse is a monument preserved by the government of the Netherlands and Aruba. [11] The lighthouse keepers had weekly rotating shifts and took turns residing in the double service house.
Antonio "El Gaucho" Rivero was a gaucho known for his leading role in the Port Louis Murders of 26 August 1833, in which five prominent members of the settlement of Port Louis on the Falkland Islands were murdered. [1]