Brazilian Gauchos

From the http://www.VideoSource.com Global Village Travel Guide and DVD, "Brazil". Stock footage available from http://videosource.com/search.html
Transcript:
HERE IN THE SOUTHLAND, ALONGSIDE
THE CATTLE,
LIVES THE BRAZILIAN GAUCHO --THE PONCHO-WEARING.
SEQUENCE
MATE-DRINKING, SILVER-SPURRED BRAZILIAN COWBOY --13:10:00 MATE DRINKING
-- A SURVIVOR AND HERO
OF HIS OWN LEGEND.
"TO LIVE FREE AS THE BIRD THAT CLEAVES THE SKY,"
WAS THE GOAL OF MARTIN FIERRO, THE LITERARY HERO OF
THE EPIC POEM OF THE PAMPAS.
AND IT IS THE GOAL STILL OF HIS REAL-LIFE DESCENDANTS,
......THE PRESENT DAY GAUCHO
LIKE OUR COWBOY,
THE GAUCHO IS AN INDIVIDUALIST
WHO SURVIVES BY SKILL AND COURAGE--
RIDING ACROSS PLAINS SO EXPANSIVE
12.12.20 RIDES OFF
HE MUST DEPEND, LIKE A SAILOR,
ON THE SOUTHERN CROSS IN THE NIGHT SKY FOR DIRECTION.
THE GAUCHO TREASURES BUT A FEW THINGS --
HIS HORSE, HIS KNIFE, MATE, A STRONG TEA
THAT FORTIFIES HIM-
AND HIS BOLO -- STONES WRAPPED
IN LEATHER THONGS THAT CAN BE THROWN
TO WRAP AROUND THE LEGS OF A COW AND BRING IT TO A HALT
THE GAUCHO LIFE IS NOT RESERVED ONLY FOR MEN.
WOMEN, CALLED GAUCHAS, ARE PART OF THE
GAUCHO CULTURE
IN FACT, HERE EVERYONE IS A GAUCHO!
THE GATEWAY TO THE SOUTH IS PORTO ALLEGRE,
A DEEP WATER PORT 165 MILES FROM THE SEA,
ON THE HILLS AND VALLEYS OF THE GUAIBA RIVER .
IT IS A MODERN CITY WITH A PAST
RECALLED BY IT'S GREAT STONE CATHEDRAL
AND THE HIGH TOWERS OF THE OLD
CHURCH OF NOSSA SENHORA DAS DORES.
THIS IS NOT ONLY THE LAND OF THE GAUCHO,
BUT THE HOME OF A PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HELD ONTO THEIR EUROPEAN ROOTS
RE-CREATING THE OLD WORLD IN THE NEW.

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