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IDYLL OF THE PAMPAS: GAUCHO SWEETHEARTS EXCHANGING MATE CUPS |
YAHGAN WOMAN MAKING MEDICINE CHARMS |
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| The woman bears distinct trace of Indian origin, but the little ceremony is purely characteristic of the gauchos. The maté, or herb tea, which is the national drink, is made by pouring hot water over the leaves placed in a maté cup or gourd, and the decoction is sipped through a metal tube which has a strainer at the lower end. To exchange maté cups is a token of friendship | In Tierra del Fuego there is more character about the natives than in most other parts of the Argentine. But they are still steeped in superstition, and the Yahgans, or Yapus, of Tierra del Fuego have the universal savage belief in medicine charms |