Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Neighbors Fair: Dancing Horses


This Latina rider in the traditional "Adelita " dress and charro sombrero performed with her dancing horse in the Neighbors Parade. They were part of the LULAC Group, the largest and oldest Hispanic Organization in the United States. Photo by Barbara Smith

A Family Tradition: The tradition of the Charros and Charreadas run in the family and go back many generations. It is likely that the Mexican charro tradition derived from Spanish horsemen who came from Salamanca, Spain.

7 comments:

Lavenderlady said...

What a lovely photo! Why is it called an "Adelita" dress?

Denton said...

A beautiful horse and rider. Elaborate custom as well.

Anonymous said...

Here dress was amazing! How fun it must be for this young lady to be so involved in cultural activites - kudos to her family for encouraging this!

isa said...

Two beauties - a joy to see!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful. I could watch these all day.

Janet said...

Quite cultural...I love her hat and dress, and the horse is beautiful as well.

lv2scpbk said...

Beautiful shot. I love it when you see a beautiful dress draped over a beautiful horse.