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Charro suit from early 20th century. A charro or charra outfit or suit (traje de charro, in Spanish) [1] is a style of dress originating in Mexico and based on the clothing of a type of horseman, the charro. The style of clothing is often associated with charreada participants, mariachi music performers, Mexican history, and celebration in ...
The National Charro Championship and Congress (Congreso y Campeonato Nacional Charro in Spanish) is a 17-day event where charro and escaramuza teams from all of Mexico and the United States compete at a national level organized by the Mexican Federation of Charreria. In 2021, over 150 teams competed in the host city of Aguascalientes.
Escaramuza charra in Oaxaca. Escaramuza charra is the only female equestrian event in the Mexican charrería.The escaramuza means "skirmish" and consists of a team riding horses in choreographed synchronized maneuvers to music.
The "charro film" was a genre of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema between 1935 and 1959, and probably played a large role in popularizing the charro, akin to what occurred with the advent of the American Western. The most notable charro stars were José Alfredo Jiménez, Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete, Antonio Aguilar, and Tito Guizar. [22]
Poblanas (women of Puebla), in a 19th-century vignette.To the left appears a chinaco [].. China poblana (lit.Chinese woman from Puebla) is considered the traditional style of dress of women in Mexico, although in reality it only belonged to some urban zones in the middle and southeast of the country, before its disappearance in the second half of the 19th century.
Mariachi singer. The traje de charro outfit is widely considered to be one of the two major changes that occurred during the Golden Age, the other being the introduction of trumpets. [12] The traje de charro outfit was also used in the national Orquestra Típica Mexicana ("Mexican Typical Orchestra"), organized in 1884 by Carlo Curti, and ...
The traditional outfit for men is that of the charro, generally heavily decorated in silver trim. [1] [6] The music played to accompany the dance was written to be danced to and is played either by mariachi bands or by bands playing only string instruments such as various types of guitars, harps and violin. [1] [8]
The "La Malinche" huipil Huipil, 1875–1890, Warp-faced plain weave cotton, Patzun, Guatemala (probably) V&A Museum no.T.23-1931After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire and subsequent Spanish expansion, the huipil endured but it evolved, incorporating elements from other regions and Europe. [3]