Johann Moritz Rugendas in South America

 Salvete Omnes,

April is coming to its natural end in two days. The war in the Western Asia has not been concluded, more war in Africa ( Mali, Somalia), and the usual Ukraine invasion in Europe. 

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Johann Mortiz Rugendas, a Bavarian painter, came from the family of artists (painters  eg his great grandfather of famous Georg Philip Rugendas) from Augsburg (Kingdom of Bavaria). He studied with Albrecht Adam and Lorenzo Quaglio II.
He made several long trips to the Americas, departing for Europe in 1846 after more that a decade in the Americas. 

Native horsemen of the pampas,  their enemies the  gauchos, huasos, tropeiros, criollo horses, Mexican caballeros and many other equestrian subjects in Latin America. 

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Valete

Diego Ventura & his horses video tribute

                                           'El hombre hace al caballo y el caballo al caballero.'
Salve,
I am an admirer of the Iberian equestrian arts, including the art of el rejoneo or 'toreo a caballo' (bullfighting from horseback).

I came across this short but stunning video showing one of the modern masters of this equestrian martial art Diego Ventura and his partners, those being his brave Iberian horses.
                     
The video is official and free to all via youtube.

Wikimedia Commons library  of el rejoneo - what a great display of unity of horse and rider, brave bulls and splendid horsemanship. 

Caution, it is about killing per se and therefore it is graphic, violent and  very real, and perhaps disturbing to many of you, hence make your own decision if you want to watch it.
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