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The Historic Center of Quito is the most original and best preserved historic center of its kind in Latin America. [20] Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas: Municipality of Libertador, Caracas, Venezuela: Cultural: (i), (iv)
Pato, also called juego del pato (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxweɣo ðel ˈpato], literally "duck game"), is a game played on horseback that combines elements from polo and basketball. Since 1953 it has been the national sport of Argentina. [1]
Tierra del Fuego (/ t i ˈ ɛər ə d ɛ l ˈ f w eɪ ɡ oʊ /, Spanish: [ˈtjera ðel ˈfweɣo]; Spanish for "Land of Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.
Vaquero, c. 1830. The vaquero (Spanish:; Portuguese: vaqueiro, European Portuguese: [vɐˈkɐjɾu]) is a horse-mounted livestock herder of a tradition that has its roots in the Iberian Peninsula and extensively developed in Mexico from a method brought to the Americas from Spain.
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Jousting – Martial game between two horsemen wielding lances with blunted tips; Mounted archery – Using a bow and arrow while riding from horseback; Mounted games – Equestrian event consisting of speed racing and timed games for riders on horses; Tent pegging – Equestrian sport
Polo is a ball game that is played on horseback as a traditional field sport.It is one of the world's oldest known team sports, [7] having been adopted in the Western world from the game of Chovgan (Persian: چوگان), which originated in ancient Iran, dating back over 2,000 years.
Quintain was a game open to all, popular with young men of all social classes. While the use of horses aided in training for the joust, the game could be played on foot, using a wooden horse or on boats (popular in 12th-century London). [3] As late as the 18th century running at the quintain survived in English rural districts.