Rodeo marks Holy Week in Uruguay

Published: 31 March 2010 y., Wednesday
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More than 200, 000 riders and their horses are in Uruguay’s capital for South America’s largest rodeo. For the cowboys, or gauchos, the Semana Criolla in Montevideo is the biggest event in the rodeo calendar.

 

Šaltinis: Reuters
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