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The clothing worn during the cueca dance is traditional Chilean attire. Men typically wear a huaso's hat, shirts, a flannel poncho, riding pants, short jacket, riding boots, and spurs. Women wear flowered dresses. The cueca dance itself symbolizes a rooster-chicken relationship. The man initiates the dance by approaching the woman and offering ...
Huaso in a Chilean wheat field, 1940 "The Huaso and the Washerwoman" by Mauricio Rugendas (1835). Espuelas, or silvered steel spurs, of a Chilean huaso. A huaso (Spanish pronunciation:) is a Chilean countryman and skilled horseman, [1] similar to the American cowboy, the Mexican charro (and its northern equivalent, the vaquero), the gaucho of Argentina, Uruguay and Rio Grande Do Sul, and the ...
Araucanos and Huasos in Chile, 19th century. A market scene Ruana in Bogotá, circa 1860. A Peruvian chalán dancing marinera on a Peruvian Paso horse.. A poncho (Spanish pronunciation:; Quechua: punchu; Mapudungun: pontro; "blanket", "woolen fabric") [1] [2] [3] is a kind of plainly formed, loose outer garment originating in the Americas, traditionally and still usually made of fabric, and ...
The California State Police (CSP) was the state-level security police agency from 1887 to 1995 for the U.S. state of California. It merged with the California Highway Patrol in 1995. Founded on March 15, 1887, the police agency primarily served to protect the State Capitol Building , the governor and other state officials, and other state ...
Federal law prohibits the sale or purchase of counterfeit police badges [9] and many states have laws regulating the wearing of metallic badges by persons other than law enforcement. Florida, for instance, prohibits unauthorized persons from wearing or displaying badges if their wear or display would be likely to deceive someone.
The state's Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training estimated that it might decertify more than 3,000 police officers yearly under a long-overdue reform. The state's Commission on Peace ...
In 2021, California cities spent more than $14.8 billion on policing and counties spent $7.5 billion, and the state spent $2.8 billion on the California Highway Patrol, according to the ...
San Diego Police officers confer with FEMA Administrator David Paulison during the October 2007 California wildfires.. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 509 law enforcement agencies exist in the U.S. state of California, employing 79,431 sworn police officers—about 217 for each 100,000 residents.