The ritual of the asado and the mate is repeated with each stage. - Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - 1976

Targui Amasher prepares the fire in the Oued Touloult in the Tassili n'Ajjer. - Algeria - 1966

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Algerie - Tassili-n'Ajjer - Séfar - Autre main «positive» au bout de son bras. En bas, très rare représentation d'un feu. Personnages europoïdes et à tête coiffée. Le bras et la main mesurent 0,51 m de long.

"The meat is what is left over when you have nothing left." In the vastness of the pampas, this Argentine proverb still holds true today. Grilled outdoors, the asado is cut right at the mouth as you eat, and the best pieces belong to the guest as a matter of course, whether they are invited or happen to be there. - Estancia Palitué, Province Neuquén. - 1975

"The meat is what is left over when you have nothing left." In the vastness of the pampas, this Argentine proverb still holds true today. Grilled outdoors, the asado is cut right at the mouth as you eat, and the best pieces belong to the guest as a matter of course, whether they are invited or happen to be there. - Estancia Santa María, Ayacucho, Province Buenos Aires - 1975

"The meat is what is left over when you have nothing left." In the vastness of the pampas, this Argentine proverb still holds true today. Grilled outdoors, the asado is cut right at the mouth as you eat, and the best pieces belong to the guest as a matter of course, whether they are invited or happen to be there. - Estancia Las Toscas, Villa María, Province Córdoba - 1973

The ritual of the asado and the mate is repeated with each stage. - 1973

Arturo Fernandez and his wife during the mate ritual. - Estancia Campo Alegre, Province Salta - 1975

After a hard day's work there is Asado and Mate.- Estancia La Teresa, Province Neuquén. - 1973

The ritual of the asado and the mate is repeated with each stage. - Estancia Santa Ercilia, Palomas, Province Salto, Uruguay - 1975

Vigil in the barn of Arturo Fernandez, in La Caldera. Father Requena, gaucho parish priest and rector of the University of Salta, joined the Chacho and Arturo. But, at sunrise, it's back to the pampas ... - Estancia Campo Alegre, Province Salta - 1975

The Friday market in San Francisco El Alto in the department of Totonicapán starts early in the morning. Those who have travelled a long way to visit the market like to go to one of the stalls to eat something. - 1977

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