Jineteada gaucha

Jineteada gaucha or doma gaucha is a traditional sport in the gaucho culture of Argentina and the Cono Sur^[1]: 255 – Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile and the Rio Grande do Sul of Brazil. The objective is for the rider to stay on an untamed horse for a number of seconds.^[1]: 255 The specified time varies from 8 to 14 seconds, depending on the category.^[2] In Uruguay a law was enacted in 2006 establishing it as the national sport.^[3] In Argentina it may be considered a part of the national intangible cultural heritage.^{[1]: 255 [4]: 49}

Jineteada gaucha in Argentina

Jineteada in the Criolla del Prado in Montevideo, Uruguay

The event forms part of the programme of the annual Festival Nacional de Doma y Folklore [es] held at Jesús María in the province of Córdoba. Under the rules of the competition there, there are three categories:

• Crina Limpia or bareback: the rider holds on to a leather strap passed round the neck of the horse and must stay mounted for 8 seconds; spurs are used.^[2]
• Sureña or Surera: the horse carries a girthed pad of sheepskin in the place of a saddle; the rider holds the reins in one hand, a whip in the other and must stay mounted for 12 seconds.^[2]
• Bastos con Encimera: the horse is saddled; the rider must not lose the stirrups and must stay mounted for 14 seconds.^[2]

The rider may not touch the horse with his/her hands at any time.^[2]

See also

• Sport in Argentina
• Chilean rodeo
• Rodeo
• Bronc riding

References

1. Mercedes Mariano, María Luz Endere, Carolina I. Mariano (2014). Herramientas metodológicas para la gestión del patrimonio intangible. El caso del municipio de Olavarría, Buenos Aires, Argentina = Methodological Tools for the Management of Intangible Heritage. The Case of the Municipality of Olavarría, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Revista Colombiana de Antropología 50 (2): 243–269.
2. [s.n.] (2015). La Jineteada (in Spanish). Córdoba, Argentina: Festival Nacional de Doma y Folklore. Archived 8 March 2016.
3. "Uruguay Law 17958 of 21 April 2006". Global Legal Information Network. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 14 July 2008.
4. José Alfonso de Guardia de Ponté (2019). El patrimonio cultural folklórico su clasificación (in Spanish). X Encuentro Nacional de Folklore, 14ª Encuentro Nacional de Música, Poesía y Danza y VII Congreso Internacional del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial – Salta 2019, pages 36–54.