Gaucho’s equipment

All clothing is usually called Pilch gaucho (an indigenous word that later became part of the slang).  The typical gaucho dress has the imprint of the Andalusian horsemen (large log or binder layer mantle with a pit in the middle to move the head), one way (large knife), or a broad Talero called pants and trousers, with a belt supported by a band of woven wool and a wide leather belt adorned sometimes with coins (called shot) (see harrow), and a “chiripa” canvas strapped to the waist like a diaper, one of whose functions was to protect the wearer from the cold.

The poncho was taken from the “Indian”, for example Aboriginal het gaucho took one of his most unusual weapons, the bowler, as well as the horse, the “chambergo” (hat wing) the guitar was a legacy of the Spanish conquistadors.

The gaucho used to mount the “horse boot”, which had no heels and was open at the ends, so that the toes were found. Another element of the typical gaucho dress was their belts, the most conspicuous are called belts and consist of thick white grained leather, worked with alum. In the XVII and XIX they complemented these outfits at the crotch with a canvas like trouser gathered at the waist called chiripa, apparently originating from the Argentine coast.

The torso was covered with poncho, clothing originating from northern Argentina, and also very common in other parts of America.  The “ponchos calamacos” was woven mainly in Santiago del Estero.  Salta red ponchos are often woven with brown hair belly of chulengo (guanaco breeding) etc, the poncho worn frequency is called in certain areas “ronery poncho.”

Subsequent tanning and leather boots with heels (high boots) was relatively expensive, although most of the Gauchos saved money to get for the festivities, holidays and dances.  In the late nineteenth century the boots used to be called “booty homelands” because they were the same as worn by soldiers.

The northern Argentine gaucho boots have used pleats reminiscent of a bellows, i.e. leg leather “cordoned off” as a defense of the mountain and possible snake bites. These boots had spurs attached, highlighting the great spurs of silver called “Nazarene” (so named because their large stingers were remotely reminiscent to the crown of thorns with which, according to the Gospels, Jesus from Nazareth was tortured).

The ornaments with metal fittings (ferrules) were often charged with silver coins (patacones and dredges). Ponchos and nazarenas today are veritable works of art, but in the everyday grind the gaucho is often used as a sash belt made with artistically woven wool.

The Basque immigration occurred in the second half of the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century and spread the use of the beret and sandals from the gauchos (particularly in the area of the Humid Pampa), in the twentieth century and early twenty-first century they frequently used chambergo with medium dark wings, similar to the hat huasos.
The “kits” have been and are gaucho saddles in various ways, these chairs are used mainly in mountainous areas where there are regional variations according to the terrain and climate.  The relatively flat land in the seats of Arzon gauchos were mounted low, the Arzon virtually disappeared in the 1870s and exposed the pair that, together with chorizo sliced the leather spine of the horse.

The harness, reins, head and knobs, which are usually mounted on his horse leather are braided preferably with some metal ornaments or parts as necessary for the brake horse-bars (silver if possible).  The handle also varys although often with elaborate carved hardwood, some are circular, others the tips of Swedish modern metal stirrups are used.
It is noteworthy that the form of horseback riding gaucho typically meets the elements of the ride from genet Norafrica and mounts the flange that is Central and Central European origins.  The horse is managed with both reins, however, the flange dominates the lowest hand.   In areas where there is an abundance of thorny plants (e.g. parts of the Chaco and the Northwest) they added the gauchos saddles when they hold their legs and gallop such hides are called “guards”.