Jorge Negrete
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Jorge Alberto Negrete Moreno was a Mexican singer and actor.
Meeting with Mexican president Miguel Alemán Valdés, from left to right Negrete, the president Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mario Moreno Cantinflas and María Tereza Montoya [es]
Jorge Negrete, 1950s
Tomb of Negrete in Panteón Jardín
Charro
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Charro, in Mexico, is historically the horseman from the countryside, the Ranchero, who worked on the haciendas and rural areas performing all his tasks on horseback, working as vaqueros and caporales, among other jobs. He was renowned for his superb horsemanship, for his skill in handling the lasso, and for his unique costume designed especially for horseback riding. Today, this name is given to someone who practices charreada, considered the national sport of Mexico which maintains traditional rules and regulations in effect from colonial times up to the Mexican Revolution.
Female and male charro regalia, including sombreros de charro
Mexican Charro (1828). Originally, the term “Charro” was a derogatory name for the Mexican Rancheros, the inhabitants of the countryside. The term is synonymous with the English terms: “Yokel”, “hick”, “country bumpkin”, or “rube”.
1830's Charros, from Voyage pittoresque et archéologique dans la partie la plus intéressante du Mexique. 1834