Sabaneros, Costa Rican cowboys, ride & rope at small local rodeos called montaderas during the Fiestas Patronales every winter in Guanacaste province. Astride their Criollo horses sabaneros figure heavily in the Costa Rican national identity. Their skill on horseback is the legacy of more than 100 years of cattle ranching in Guanacaste and their fearlessness astride and in front of an agitated bull is often fortified with Cerveza Pilsen at the montaderas, even as death in the ring is a real possibility. Since 2003 more than seventeen bull riders and many dozens of improvizados, local jackleg rodeo clowns, have been killed in the ring. Santa Cruz Costa Rica
Sabaneros, Costa Rican cowboys, ride & rope at small local rodeos called montaderas during the Fiestas Patronales every winter in Guanacaste province. Astride their Criollo horses sabaneros figure heavily in the Costa Rican national identity. Their skill on horseback is the legacy of more than 100 years of cattle ranching in Guanacaste and their fearlessness astride and in front of an agitated bull is often fortified with Cerveza Pilsen at the montaderas, even as death in the ring is a real possibility. Since 2003 more than seventeen bull riders and many dozens of improvizados, local jackleg rodeo clowns, have been killed in the ring. Santa Cruz Costa Rica
Sabaneros, Costa Rican cowboys, ride & rope at small local rodeos called montaderas during the Fiestas Patronales every winter in Guanacaste province. Astride their Criollo horses sabaneros figure heavily in the Costa Rican national identity. Their skill on horseback is the legacy of more than 100 years of cattle ranching in Guanacaste and their fearlessness astride and in front of an agitated bull is often fortified with Cerveza Pilsen at the montaderas, even as death in the ring is a real possibility. Since 2003 more than seventeen bull riders and many dozens of improvizados, local jackleg rodeo clowns, have been killed in the ring. Santa Cruz Costa Rica
Sabaneros, Costa Rican cowboys, ride & rope at small local rodeos called montaderas during the Fiestas Patronales every winter in Guanacaste province. Astride their Criollo horses sabaneros figure heavily in the Costa Rican national identity. Their skill on horseback is the legacy of more than 100 years of cattle ranching in Guanacaste and their fearlessness astride and in front of an agitated bull is often fortified with Cerveza Pilsen at the montaderas, even as death in the ring is a real possibility. Since 2003 more than seventeen bull riders and many dozens of improvizados, local jackleg rodeo clowns, have been killed in the ring. Santa Cruz Costa Rica
Sabaneros, Costa Rican cowboys, ride & rope at small local rodeos called montaderas during the Fiestas Patronales every winter in Guanacaste province. Astride their Criollo horses sabaneros figure heavily in the Costa Rican national identity. Their skill on horseback is the legacy of more than 100 years of cattle ranching in Guanacaste and their fearlessness astride and in front of an agitated bull is often fortified with Cerveza Pilsen at the montaderas, even as death in the ring is a real possibility. Since 2003 more than seventeen bull riders and many dozens of improvizados, local jackleg rodeo clowns, have been killed in the ring. Santa Cruz Costa Rica
Sabaneros, Costa Rican cowboys, ride & rope at small local rodeos called montaderas during the Fiestas Patronales every winter in Guanacaste province. Astride their Criollo horses sabaneros figure heavily in the Costa Rican national identity. Their skill on horseback is the legacy of more than 100 years of cattle ranching in Guanacaste and their fearlessness astride and in front of an agitated bull is often fortified with Cerveza Pilsen at the montaderas, even as death in the ring is a real possibility. Since 2003 more than seventeen bull riders and many dozens of improvizados, local jackleg rodeo clowns, have been killed in the ring. Santa Cruz Costa Rica
Sabaneros, Costa Rican cowboys, ride & rope at small local rodeos called montaderas during the Fiestas Patronales every winter in Guanacaste province. Astride their Criollo horses sabaneros figure heavily in the Costa Rican national identity. Their skill on horseback is the legacy of more than 100 years of cattle ranching in Guanacaste and their fearlessness astride and in front of an agitated bull is often fortified with Cerveza Pilsen at the montaderas, even as death in the ring is a real possibility. Since 2003 more than seventeen bull riders and many dozens of improvizados, local jackleg rodeo clowns, have been killed in the ring. Santa Cruz Costa Rica
Sabaneros, Costa Rican cowboys, ride & rope at small local rodeos called montaderas during the Fiestas Patronales every winter in Guanacaste province. Astride their Criollo horses sabaneros figure heavily in the Costa Rican national identity. Their skill on horseback is the legacy of more than 100 years of cattle ranching in Guanacaste and their fearlessness astride and in front of an agitated bull is often fortified with Cerveza Pilsen at the montaderas, even as death in the ring is a real possibility. Since 2003 more than seventeen bull riders and many dozens of improvizados, local jackleg rodeo clowns, have been killed in the ring. Santa Cruz Costa Rica
Sabaneros, Costa Rican cowboys, ride & rope at small local rodeos called montaderas during the Fiestas Patronales every winter in Guanacaste province. Astride their Criollo horses sabaneros figure heavily in the Costa Rican national identity. Their skill on horseback is the legacy of more than 100 years of cattle ranching in Guanacaste and their fearlessness astride and in front of an agitated bull is often fortified with Cerveza Pilsen at the montaderas, even as death in the ring is a real possibility. Since 2003 more than seventeen bull riders and many dozens of improvizados, local jackleg rodeo clowns, have been killed in the ring. Santa Cruz Costa Rica
Sabaneros, Costa Rican cowboys, ride & rope at small local rodeos called montaderas during the Fiestas Patronales every winter in Guanacaste province. Astride their Criollo horses sabaneros figure heavily in the Costa Rican national identity. Their skill on horseback is the legacy of more than 100 years of cattle ranching in Guanacaste and their fearlessness astride and in front of an agitated bull is often fortified with Cerveza Pilsen at the montaderas, even as death in the ring is a real possibility. Since 2003 more than seventeen bull riders and many dozens of improvizados, local jackleg rodeo clowns, have been killed in the ring. Santa Cruz Costa Rica
The Sabeneros of Santa Cruz, Guanacaste (Costa Rica)
J. Matt
Photographer/Writer/Reporter
based in Honolulu
Public Project
The Sabeneros of Santa Cruz, Guanacaste (Costa Rica)
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