Guaíba

Brazilian Gauchos

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• published: 10 Aug 2011
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From the http://www.VideoSource.com Global Village Travel Guide and DVD, "Brazil". Stock footage available from http://videosource.com/search.html Transcript: HERE IN THE SOUTHLAND, ALONGSIDE THE CATTLE, LIVES THE BRAZILIAN GAUCHO --THE PONCHO-WEARING. SEQUENCE MATE-DRINKING, SILVER-SPURRED BRAZILIAN COWBOY --13:10:00 MATE DRINKING -- A SURVIVOR AND HERO OF HIS OWN LEGEND. "TO LIVE FREE AS THE BIRD THAT CLEAVES THE SKY," WAS THE GOAL OF MARTIN FIERRO, THE LITERARY HERO OF THE EPIC POEM OF THE PAMPAS. AND IT IS THE GOAL STILL OF HIS REAL-LIFE DESCENDANTS, ......THE PRESENT DAY GAUCHO LIKE OUR COWBOY, THE GAUCHO IS AN INDIVIDUALIST WHO SURVIVES BY SKILL AND COURAGE-- RIDING ACROSS PLAINS SO EXPANSIVE 12.12.20 RIDES OFF HE MUST DEPEND, LIKE A SAILOR, ON THE SOUTHERN CROSS IN THE NIGHT SKY FOR DIRECTION. THE GAUCHO TREASURES BUT A FEW THINGS -- HIS HORSE, HIS KNIFE, MATE, A STRONG TEA THAT FORTIFIES HIM- AND HIS BOLO -- STONES WRAPPED IN LEATHER THONGS THAT CAN BE THROWN TO WRAP AROUND THE LEGS OF A COW AND BRING IT TO A HALT THE GAUCHO LIFE IS NOT RESERVED ONLY FOR MEN. WOMEN, CALLED GAUCHAS, ARE PART OF THE GAUCHO CULTURE IN FACT, HERE EVERYONE IS A GAUCHO! THE GATEWAY TO THE SOUTH IS PORTO ALLEGRE, A DEEP WATER PORT 165 MILES FROM THE SEA, ON THE HILLS AND VALLEYS OF THE GUAIBA RIVER . IT IS A MODERN CITY WITH A PAST RECALLED BY IT'S GREAT STONE CATHEDRAL AND THE HIGH TOWERS OF THE OLD CHURCH OF NOSSA SENHORA DAS DORES. THIS IS NOT ONLY THE LAND OF THE GAUCHO, BUT THE HOME OF A PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELD ONTO THEIR EUROPEAN ROOTS RE-CREATING THE OLD WORLD IN THE NEW.