Art Exhibit: Caballus - Passion in Movement

Artist: Espartaco                                                                                        Artist: Emilio Garcia Salazar

Artist: Jose Parra. Title: Portrait of Madame McGraph

Paintings, 

sculptures, and 

photographs 

crafted by 

horse loving artists 

are on exhibit at 
Tlalpan's Cultural Center 

in Mexico City, 

near the Lienzo Charro 

de Pedregal. 

Artist: Consuelo Bustillo

The

Fine Art Gallery of Mexico
organized the show.

 Below is a video 

of the inauguration 

on Nov. 24, 2012.

Historical Photographs of the First Escaramuza

Historic 1953 photograph at left: Three girls and three boys ride in the first escaramuza at the Rancho del Charro (today the National Association of Charros) in Mexico City in March 1953.

Below, is a video-gallery of  still images taken in the 1950's of performances by the first escaramuza teams.

You will hear the voices of the six founding members: Guadalupe "Coco" Camacho," her brother Antonio, and Arturo Ruiz Loredo, sharing what it was like back then (with English subtitles).

Adelitas, Past and a Present of a Tradition

Oralia Ceron and Silvia Rojo  in Toluca, Nov. '09.

Have you ever seen a documentary video about the history of Mexican women on horseback?

Charreria researcher Oralia G. de Ceron, passionate to get to the root of things, gives us the film "Las Adelitas Pasado y Presente de una Tradicion," or "Adelitas, Past and a Present of a Tradition."

Finished in 2003, the film features interviews with the people who started the first escaramuza in 1953, including the parents of the six children from the families Camacho Elorriaga and Ruiz Loredo and the "children" themselves as adults.
 
Unfortunately, the film risks getting lost in the past, as it has not been marketed. If you're interested in her film, contact De Ceron directly.

De Ceron is known among escaramuza riders for her annual fashion shows about Mexico's traditional "rebozo," or shawl,  titled: "Rebozo Through Time."

Minerva Sckapole shows a "rebozo" in Toluca, Nov. 2009

The cat walk style shows are a fantastic way to see first hand Mexico's traditional indigenous and colonial clothing used by the women from the nation's various regions. De Ceron organizes the show along with Silvia Garcia de Rojo and Minerva Sckapole every year.

For details on upcoming events, contact De Ceron by email.

Contact for De Ceron

oraliaisabel@hotmail.com

Above is a gallery of photographs from De Ceron's event in 2009. Photos by Leslie Mazoch

Miguel Pascual - President-elect for the Mexican Charreria Federation

Late Sept. 24, 2012, Miguel Pascual, the son of former Mexican Charreria Federation President Carlos Pascual, was elected to be the next president of the same federation. Carlos Pascual says it's the first time in the history of the federation that the son of a former president is elected to such a post.

Miguel Pascual, left, with his father Carlos before a charreada at La Tapatia in Mexico City on Dec. 4, 2010.

Back in 1991, Carlos Pascual supported the integration of women into charreria and put the federation voting council to a vote on the matter. They voted on including (or not) the female-discipline of escaramuza into Mexico's national sport of charreria as an official sport. The vote was 'yes' and the escaramuza was added to the federation's bylaws. Since then, two escaramuza teams enter the arena after the sport of "colas" during a charreada. For decades, before this vote, escaramuza riders waited until charreadas were over to enter arenas. Today, it's hard to imagine a charreada without the sport of the escaramuza.

The Art of the Escaramuza wrote a post about Carlos Pascual because of his contribution to the female sport. Below is an audio-slideshow about the story of the escaramuza including his interview by photojournalist Leslie Mazoch.