Chiripá (trouser robe)

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Gaucho with Chiripá, Fiorini, 1835.
Gaucho with Chiripá (middle), 20th century

The Chiripá was a trouser garment of the Spanish colonizers in South America , which was used by the gauchos and also found among the indigenous people there ( Mapuche and others) in the south of the continent, today's Argentina and Chile . The name is derived from the Quechua word "chiripac" ( chiri = cold; pac = for). The Chiripá is rarely used today.

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  • María Espósito: Mapuche Legends (orig .: Leyendas Mapuches); in: Mapuche Spanish Dictionary; mythological persons; indigenous themes from Patagonia; original names; Legends (orig .: Diccionario Mapuche mapuche-español / español-mapuche; personajes de la mitología; toponimia indígena de la Patagonia; nombres propios del pueblo mapuche; leyendas); Editorial Guadal SA, 2003; ISBN 987-1134-51-7 , p. 234

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