Chagras

Jennifer Lopez, Pat Riley, and Vino OH MY!

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July 23rd 2006
Yesterday was the party for the nearby town of Machachi, it's a celebration o 6f the Chagra, a type of cowboy that originates from there. Anyway, during the day all the people who own horses or farms in this area dress up like the Chagra and have a horse parade thru the cobblestone streets of Machachi for roughly 6 hours, each rider takes two laps through town while drinking ungodly amounts of th ... read more

South America » Ecuador

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more