| Uruguay's gauchos proudly wear the distinctive clothing of their ancestors. |
| The pampas were where the gauchos, nomadic half-Indian herdsmen, roamed and worked. |
| The original gauchos were an equestrian ethnic group similar to North American cowboys and Ukrainian Cossacks. |
| They are blessed with speed, agility and a very pleasing nature and broken in by the old and traditional way of the herdsmen, the gauchos. |
| The gauchos of Argentina wore chaps that hardened from the foam and sweat of the horse's body, causing them to walk with flexed knees. |
| Many landowners believed that gauchos were ill-suited for agricultural labor and favored the hiring of foreigners. |
