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Gaucho Calchaquí - Pialada
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The pialada, the gaucho's utmost dexterity and agility demonstration. It consists in hurling a lasso (a rawhide rope) to an animal fleeing away, taking advantage in the split second when it lifts its back legs to run, and thus hold them, so as to immobilize and knock it down.
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The pialada, the gaucho's utmost dexterity and agility demonstration. It consists in hurling a lasso (a rawhide rope) to an animal fleeing away, taking advantage in the split second when it lifts its back legs to run, and thus hold them, so as to immobilize and knock it down.
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