National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Video: Knots Slides & Wild Rags

http://westernfolklife.org During the 25th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, our roving videographers caught up with several Elko County locals and visitors to find out exactly what wild rags are all about in ranching life across the West. Special thanks to Wylie & the Wild West for allowing us to use the song, "Out West" from their Bucking Horse Moon CD as the background music for this video. A "guerilla video."

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• Knots
• Slides
• Wild
• Rags
• Wildrags
• western folklife center
• cowboys
• music
• poetry
• travel
• Elko
• gathering
• scarves

[minihaha56]

Bimbo! Sooo cute! We love you!

[Anarazhakupova]

@packjim56 Thank you. It is something, my students would like to know. Young gangs fashion :)

[packjim56]

@Anarazhakupova There are many different hispanic gangs in California. White Fench, La Familia, Mexican Mafia, F-Troop (in my county), etc. etc.. Some call themselves Nortenos (northerners). They who live north of Bakersfield. They prefer red bandanas. While others, the Surenos (southerners), those living south of Bakersfield, prefer blue bandanas. It would be very unwise for a young man to wear a red bandana around where I live. I am not young, but who wants to take that chance.

[Anarazhakupova]

@packjim56 I am from other part of the world. I read your comment and got curious: where is that place, where "wearing the wrong colored scarf can get you shot"? May I ask you to explain? It is very interesting for me as I like to know more about American culture. Thank you.

[sergeantsailorman]

I grew up as a real cowboy on a working cattle ranch and wore a scarf (they weren't called wild rags back then). My comment is on knots. If wearing to show off, or as a costume, tie them with the pretty fancy knots if you want. If wearing them while out working, tie them with one end half hitched around the other end. That away you can get it off by pulling one side. Think cold, gloves, numb fingers, or hung up on a piece of wire, or a tree branch. Don't accidently hang yourself out there.

[packjim56]

I keep my neck warm by avoiding cold places like Elko Nevada in January. Unfortunately, where I'm from, wearing the wrong colored scarf can get you shot. So I tend to avoid them altogether. But if I was a cowboy, I'd wear one. Just not around here.

[HROGinc]

2:05-Thanks, simplest way I've found so far to tie that knot.

[dkb67]

I love this video, it is a real video of real people. I know Chris too, he is a good poet, I knew him from Wickenburg, AZ.

[dcnhvhb]

here in canada me and my pals just use it to keep warm