Gigliola Spaziano
Work in the fields: The herdsmen with cart and oxen
โ๏ธThe BUTTERI, the shepherds on horseback, the herdsmen, are the symbol and soul of an ancient land: the Tuscan and Lazio Maremma, a land where the sky belongs to the sea and the sea to the Mediterranean scrub.
The buttero is a name that derives from the Latin โboum-ductorโ: driver of oxen.
Their origins date back to the time of the Etruscans.
They are epic figures who keep the ancient equestrian traditions of working riding alive.
They communicate with the herd with whistles, calls and shouts: secrets of a trade, the result of a long oral learning made up of age-old knowledge, handed down from father to son.
The BUTTERI ( cowboys) are still today considered the best tamers of Italian wild horses.
Their reputation as excellent and reckless knights, their silent, hard, solitary life, their presence for centuries in a still wild land, make the figure of the Buttero the most authentic symbol of the Maremma.๐๐๐๐๐
Work in the fields: The herdsmen with cart and oxen
โ๏ธThe BUTTERI, the shepherds on horseback, the herdsmen, are the symbol and soul of an ancient land: the Tuscan and Lazio Maremma, a land where the sky belongs to the sea and the sea to the Mediterranean scrub.
The buttero is a name that derives from the Latin โboum-ductorโ: driver of oxen.
Their origins date back to the time of the Etruscans.
They are epic figures who keep the ancient equestrian traditions of working riding alive.
They communicate with the herd with whistles, calls and shouts: secrets of a trade, the result of a long oral learning made up of age-old knowledge, handed down from father to son.
The BUTTERI ( cowboys) are still today considered the best tamers of Italian wild horses.
Their reputation as excellent and reckless knights, their silent, hard, solitary life, their presence for centuries in a still wild land, make the figure of the Buttero the most authentic symbol of the Maremma.๐๐๐๐๐