Gardian

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A gardian in Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze, France. Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze - Camargue horses - 08.jpg
A gardian in Saint-Laurent-d'Aigouze, France.
Gardians at the arena of Mejanes, in Arles, France Gardians en tenue traditionnelle.JPG
Gardians at the arena of Méjanes, in Arles, France
Gardians selecting bulls from a manade for use in the course camarguaise, Camargue, France, early twentieth century Triage de taureaux.jpg
Gardians selecting bulls from a manade for use in the course camarguaise, Camargue, France, early twentieth century

A gardian is a mounted cattle herdsman in the Camargue delta in Provence, southern France. The work is akin to that of the Mexican charro , the North American cowboy, the Tuscan buttero or the Portuguese campino . Gardians ride Camargue horses. [1]

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  1. Siméon, Jacky [in French] (2013). Dictionnaire de la course camarguaise (in French). Vauvert: Au Diable Vauvert. pp. 59–60. ISBN   978-2-846-26424-2.

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