Less formal, but even more daring, are the games in southern Brazil, at Bagé in the Rio Grande do Sul, when an unruly wildling is to be ridden in a kind of rodeo, after which the blindfold is removed. The performance is commented on by fellow competitors and onlookers in a way that is as detailed as it is knowledgeable. Older gauchos prefer these wild fights to exercises in skill and accuracy, such as holding a rope centimetres in front of them at full gallop. - 1976
Less formal, but even more daring, are the games in southern Brazil, at Bagé in the Rio Grande do Sul, when an unruly wildling is to be ridden in a kind of rodeo, after which the blindfold is removed. The performance is commented on by fellow competitors and onlookers in a way that is as detailed as it is knowledgeable. Older gauchos prefer these wild fights to exercises in skill and accuracy, such as holding a rope centimetres in front of them at full gallop. - 1976