The Feria is a weekly market that takes place on Sundays (and holidays) in the barrio of Mataderos, which is in the west of Buenos Aires, a 45 min bus ride from the city centre.
There are folk dances, such as Chacarera on display...
Many different things can be bought, among them the gourds (cups) from which to drink your mate. In this tent they are made of aluminium.
A vendor taking a break behind the tents. He is dressed in Gaucho gear with the characteristic hat, the vest and the trousers that are tied around the ankles.
Small pony waiting to take children for a ride.
No feria without food. Loads of meat, of course. Either at the outdoor parilla (grill), where the big junks rest on the roast close to the floor...
...or at the table parilla, a sort of mini grill that is brought to your table...
...or indoors with Carlos Gardel watching over you.
Time for the display of Gaucho skills: Gaucho waiting for his turn in front of a car advertising a brand of mate.
Horse stretching its legs
The Gaucho galops through the "goal" and has to stick a pencil through a small ring that hangs in the middle of the blue construction. If he is successful, he catches the ring.
This is the the "goal keeper", he adjusts the ring, depending on who is racing. For a young gaucho, one of the ones we saw was still a child, the ring is lowered so that he can reach it.
One of the successful Gauchos (on the right hand side) hands the ring that he caught back to the "goal keeper".
People, watching the Gaucho display. A true Argentine doesn't go out without his Mate: notice the leatherbag, inside is a thermosflask to add hot water to the mate leaves that are in the wooden "pot".
Gauchos resting after the show
We leave in the late afternoon, however, the locals picknick and stay until late at the feria.