Jineteada gaucha

Jineteada gaucha or doma gaucha is a traditional sport in the gaucho culture of the Cono Sur – Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and the Rio Grande do Sul of southern Brazil.^[1]: 255 The objective is for the rider to stay on an untamed horse for a number of seconds.^[1]: 255 The specified time varies from 8 to 14 seconds, depending on the category.^[2] In Argentina it may be considered a part of the national intangible cultural heritage.^{[1]: 255 [3]: 49} A law enacted in Uruguay in 2006 established "las destrezas gauchos" as the national sport.^[4]

Jineteada gaucha in Argentina

Jineteada in the Criolla del Prado in Montevideo, Uruguay

The event forms part of the programme of the annual Festival Nacional de Doma y Folklore [es] held at Jesús María in the province of Córdoba. Under the rules of the competition there, there are three categories:

• Crina Limpia or bareback: the rider holds on to a leather strap passed round the neck of the horse and must stay mounted for 8 seconds; spurs are used.^[2]
• Sureña or Surera: the horse carries a girthed pad of sheepskin in the place of a saddle; the rider holds the reins in one hand, a whip in the other and must stay mounted for 12 seconds.^[2]
• Bastos con Encimera: the horse is saddled; the rider must not lose the stirrups and must stay mounted for 14 seconds.^[2]

The rider may not touch the horse with his/her hands at any time.^[2]

Jineteada gaucha is a central part of the Fiesta de la Patria Gaucha in Uruguay.

See also

• Sport in Argentina
• Chilean rodeo
• Rodeo
• Bronc riding

References

 

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1. Mercedes Mariano, María Luz Endere, Carolina I. Mariano (2014). Herramientas metodológicas para la gestión del patrimonio intangible. El caso del municipio de Olavarría, Buenos Aires, Argentina = Methodological Tools for the Management of Intangible Heritage. The Case of the Municipality of Olavarría, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Revista Colombiana de Antropología 50 (2): 243–269.
2. [s.n.] (2015). La Jineteada (in Spanish). Córdoba, Argentina: Festival Nacional de Doma y Folklore. Archived 8 March 2016.
3. José Alfonso de Guardia de Ponté (2019). El patrimonio cultural folklórico su clasificación (in Spanish). X Encuentro Nacional de Folklore, 14ª Encuentro Nacional de Música, Poesía y Danza y VII Congreso Internacional del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial – Salta 2019, pages 36–54.
4. Tabare Vazquez, Hector Lescano (14 April 2006). Ley N° 17958: Declaranse las destrezas criollas como deporte nacional (in Spanish). Diario Oficial. 26,978 (21 April 2006): 88A.