Tag: Guadalajara
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Cloisters and Shadows
Instituto Cultural De Cabanas in Guadalajara, Mexico. Click on the image for a larger view -
Mexican cowboy
A Cowboy lights up at El Parian, Tlaquepaque, Guadalajara, Mexico. Click on the image to view a larger version. Share this:
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Mexican Cowboys In Guadalajara photo
Continuing on with my Mexican Cowboy images. Another name for Mexican Cowboys is vaquero (pronounced baˈkeɾo) which means herder of cattle. These horse-mounted livestock herders come from a tradition that originated on the Iberian Peninsula. Today the vaquero is still a part of the doma vaquera, the Spanish tradition of working riding. The vaquero traditions developed in Mexico from methodology brought to North America from Spain became the foundation for the North American cowboy.
The vaqueros of the Americas were the horsemen and cattle herders of Spanish Mexico, and first came to California in 1687, and later with expeditions in 1769 and 1774.
They were actually the first cowboys in the region.
As you can see there still plenty in Mexico that may not necessarily be ‘real’ cowboys but that hat is still pretty popular especially in Guadalajara.
Leaning Mexican Cowboy in Guadalajara, Mexico
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Mexican Cowboys In Guadalajura
One thing I noticed In Mexico was the number of “Mexican Cowboys”. Older guys wearing the Stetson. In fact Stetson is actually a brand of Cowboy Hat and the founder of the company, John Batterson Stetson, is created with its creation. So the term “Cowboy Hat” is the proper generic description but I digress. A Mexican cowboy is normally referred to as a Caballero, which is literally translated as’ gentleman and in the mixed history of North and Central America, The Spanish brought the concept with them. More in the next post.
I love the look of this guy, cigarette and all.
Mexican cowboy at El Parian, Tlaquepaque, Guadalajara, Mexico
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Mariachi’s in El Parian, Tlaquepaque,
In the village of Tlaquepaque, south of Guadalajara, Mexico, is El Parian, a large plaza flanked by arcades and surrounded by restaurants and bars. In it’s centre is a stage surrounded by chairs and tables from the restaurants and bars. Pretty quiet up until lunch time the action really hots up In the middle to late afternoon of most days when Mariachi bands come and put on a show.
You can sit there all afternoon and be entertained as different acts take the stage and it all will cost you is one drink. Of course the bands themselves come around with their CD’s for you to take home and wonder why you got carried away with the moment. having said I bought two CD’s and I have got to own up to listening to one of them regularly and the other occasionally even after three years.
These couple of guys were part of the band that supported two different singers, Ana Gabriel and Dulce Maria Castro.
For more photo’s of El Parian go to North America
Mariachi musicians at El Parian, Tlaquepaque, Guadalajara, Mexico To see a larger image or to see purchase options click on the image
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Mural in Palacio de Gobierno, Guadalajara photo
Palacio del Gobierno is Guadalajara’s government palace. Built from 1883 to 1892, the palace was built using two architectural styles known as Tuscan (main floor) and Dorian (upper floor).
From February 14 to March 20, 1858, the building was the official seat of the Mexican federal government, when President Benito Juarez and his cabinet resided in Guadalajara during the Reform War.
But what the Palace is known for is the gigantic murals by the famed muralist Jose Clemente Orozco.
The mural above the main staircase of Miguel Hidalgo, the father of Mexican Independence was painted in 1937. This mural shows Hidalgo brandishing a fiery torch at shadowy figures representing oppression and slavery.
Mural by Jose Clemente Orozco in Palacio de Gobierno, Guadalajara, Mexico To see a larger image or to see purchase options click on the image
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Bar La Fuente, Guadalajara, Mexico photo
I have generally found that bars are the most interesting places to visit when travelling. There if it’s not a tourist hot spot, you usually get to see the locals at play. In Guadalajara the guide books direct you too Bar La Fuente and yet when we where there the were no tourists to been seen. Just guys sitting up at the bar and mixed groups at tables all singing along to the live singer and his small two piece band. When the music stops the guys get up and sing to any female close by and this case it was one of us who was treated to a Spanish version of what sounded like That’s Amore but in truth could have been anything. One of these romantic boys was actually a tourist guide who earlier that day took us on a tour of one of Guadalajara’s impressive buildings that contained murals by the famous 1940’s Painter & Muralist Orozco.
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