The 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Sights and sounds of

Río Grande/Río Bravo Basin
Learning to Rope
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Río Grande/Río Bravo Basin		      vaquero lasso                vaquero lasso
           Photo by Lee Bickerstaff                                       Photo by Hugh Talman
         Vaquero Clemente Zamarripa, of Santa Elena, TX, demonstrates lasso technique.

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Participant David Champion watches as a young cowboy attempts to rope the steer.
Photo by Lee Bickerstaff

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Champion shows a child how to hold and twirl the lasso.
Photo by Lee Bickerstaff

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The key to roping is to toss the lasso so that it catches and tightens around the steer's horns.
Photo by Lindsay Mayhood.

 

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