Gustavo Mirabal Bustillos, Gustavo Mirabal’s father

The horse in music: “The death of Rucio Moro”.

The horse has always been attached to art. This motivated her natural and balanced beauty, as well as her graceful and elegant movements. Its main place in ancient societies, classic and modern, has granted prestige to its owners. Likewise, the horse has been an incomparable companion for the human being. This is how poems and poems have been dedicated to him since antiquity. Today we will learn a little about one of the most famous horse songs in Venezuela, the land of Gustavo Mirabal Castro. Today we will meet and listen to the song “La muerte del Rucio Moro”. by Reinaldo Armas.

The man and the horse have not been alone. They have been mutual company in their territorial, agricultural or military conquests.

The death of the Rucio Moro is one of the most popular songs of the Venezuelan singer-songwriter “Reynaldo Armas”. The song was recorded in the year 1987 and belongs to the album “My creed”. This song tells the sadness of the singer for the loss of his horse by a bad move of fate. The song is an ode to the friendship between his horse and the singer-songwriter, a moving song.

Analysis of the lyrics Death of the Rucio Moro

The Death of the Rucio Moro is a masterful song to nature and an extraordinary description of the immensity of the plain. This letter is a lament for the loss of the horse, companion of the adventures and misadventures of the llanero. It is observed in this song a very detailed description of the facts that surround the death of this animal. In fact in the musical theme it is affirmed that:

“… they found it in the paddock with the busted neck, it seems that a sparkle gave it a turn in a bell …”

The author wants to indicate at first not sure of how the tragedy occurred because the verb seems to indicate a supposed but not a fact.

Comparisons and descriptions

Reinaldo Armas in “La Muerte del Rucio Moro” makes use of the linguistic connotation. When comparing his sadness with the mourning that seizes him in the following expression:

“… who was going to imagine that my little horse waited for something bad, to take his life leaving my soul in mourning …”.

The description continues with the bad omen he felt when he saw the stable a little lonely. It is at that moment when he goes to the place of the tragedy where he corroborates personally that the Rucio Moro had been hit by a spark

“… I arrived at the place where my horse was, I saw the impacts of lightning in the middle of four palms .. . “

Palm trees are an indication that the geographical environment is located on the plain.

The humanization in the lyrics of “La Muerte del Rucio Moro”

On the other hand, the process of humanization becomes evident. When a white heron that was observed in the ravine is given reflective faculty. As well as a “carrao” who sang on a tip of bush and a sad “paraulata” that silenced the savanna with its nostalgic song. Nostalgia, sadness and meditation attributed to the birds of the plain that are the transfers of their own feelings to the environment.

Melancholy also empowers the author when he observes in the sand of the river the traces of the horse that has just died. This style is a characteristic element of romantic poetry.

Clousure

The Death of the Rucio Moro unleashes all the inspiration of the man-poet. A man who sadly assumes that his horse was entangled by the traps of fate. A “friend” who only in his memory and on the wings of inspiration, it will live eternally.

To culminate, the lyrics of this musical theme was inspired by the reality of the life lived on the plain, when the peons went to work and they were inspired by the rain, watching the herons fly in the sky.

Let’s play and listen this moving song from the heart ando soul of Reinaldo Armas… Listen the death of Rucio Moro

Then for those who wish to deepen with the lyrics. We leave the audio with the lyrics to accompany Reinaldo in his pain

The fascination with the power of the horse in the paint and its connection with man accompanies us not only during the history of man but also from prehistory dating back to the late Paleolithic.

In the Cave of Ekain are the first reflections of the horse in the paint. It is located in the Basque country. Ekain has an outstanding collection of cave paintings of horses, relevant for their quantity and quality.

Throughout the different galleries there are 70 figures and of which 58% correspond to horses. For the studies carried out, these horses were not used for food but already become companions of the human being. The paintings of the cave are framed in the Magdalenian culture that dates between 14,000 and 6,000 BC.

It is one of the oldest records of the connection between man and horse. The cave of Ekain is a World Heritage Site of UNESCO since 2008.

Advancing in time, in the Chinese painting stood out the horse painter Han Gan during the Tang Dynasty, 8th century. Han had the reputation of portraying not only the horse but even portraying his spirit. This level of depth in the relationship between man and horse is admirable and few of us notice it today. With Han Gan the horse in the paint reach a new level.

The modern horse in the paint

Actually, the horse in the paint remains its importances. Today I am going to introduce you to two interesting representatives of equine painting who, besides being recognized, have a powerful attraction in their works. The selected ones are the French Théodore Géricault and the George Stubbs.

Théodore Géricault

Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault was born in Rouen France in September 1791. Son of Luisa-Juana-María Caruel and lawyer Jorge Nicolás Géricault. In 1808, he had already made the decision to dedicate himself to painting, entering as a student in the studio of Carle Vernet enchanted by Vernet’s horse paintings. In his studio he met Vernet’s son, Horace, and Pierre Guérin with whom he had a long friendship.

Géricault’s passion for horses was his muse and horses would end up becoming the main distinguishing mark of his art and one of the most significant symbols. His images transmit freedom, power, but above all innocence. Two of his most significant works are reflected below

Théodore Géricault’s painting conveys a sense of familiarity and empathy between the man and the horse where the viewer approaches the feelings of the equine from his own feelings evoking in his spirit such a connection. Simply wonderful.

George Stubbs

Painter self-taught and in love with horses and their anatomy. Born in England, George Stubbs is mainly known for his horse paintings. He also felt a deep passion for anatomy, both human and equine.

Stubbs began his artistic training as an apprentice to the painter and engraver Hamlet Winstanley. Soon he was frustrated by Winstanley’s learning method. His method was to copy other works instead of studying and creating.

It is from this moment that he gave free rein to his passion for anatomy and ended up writing in 1766 “The Anatomy of the Horse” after spending a year and a half on a farm in Lincolnshire studying horses.

During his life Stubbs had several patrons who recognized his talent and commissioned many paintings such as the Duke of Richmond and the Marquis of Rockingham

The most famous work of Stubbs is Whistlejacket, a painting of a wild horse rearing that was commissioned by the Marquis of Rockingam, along with two other paintings, and whose distinctive feature funds without any vitality, concentrating the attention and energy of the viewer in the vitality of the horse. Currently the paintings are in London at the National Gallery.

Stubbs achieves the perfect representation of the horse anatomically in turn capturing the vital energy of horses. He managed to transmit all the power and beauty of the animal in its pure essence.

Stubbs and Gericault are worthy representatives of the horse in the paint and the equine art. Moreover, they are representatives of that part of humanity that has discovered the best companion of man, the horse.

Souces:

http://www.gustavomirabal.es/mundo-equino/el-caballo-en-la-pintura

http://enigmaps.com/cueva-ekain-la-gruta-los-caballos#.WyANIFVFfIW

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Theodore-Gericault–cheval-arabe-gris-blanc-rouen.jpg

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Théodore_Géricault

https://historia-arte.com/artistas/theodore-gericault

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9odore_G%C3%A9ricault

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/george-stubbs

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Ishbak Shehadeh The horse healer.

In the equine world there are many aspects to take into account when having horses. Since it entails a routine veterinary control, and in turn if it presents disruptive behaviors, it is necessary to look for an expert in the area of animal ethology for its corresponding therapeutic work. This is how we are going to deepen in relation to the trajectory of Ishbak Shehadeh.

Ishbak Shehadeh, is a coach, an ethologist. This expert has devoted most of his time to the rehabilitation of these animals, which due to bad handling or traumas develop tricks and can not perform well in sports. From his experience in Chile, mainly with race thoroughbred horses and also with Chilean horses, he developed his own method that in the last two years took him to some of the main equestrian centers in the world, in countries like Kuwait and France.

Work with horses

• Ishbak Shehadeh is professionally acquainted with equine behavior and the study of animal behavior. His system, which seeks communication with the animal, and which includes the use of riding without brake, replaces aggressive methods to achieve its ends.
• He studied the classic training systems to make a turn, and make it easier for the horses, without pain and without punishment, so that this also not only benefits the horse, from the point of view of well-being, but also improves its performance and your competitiveness. “
• Working with racehorses was their main school. That is why he was always aware of their behavior, in relation to the brake, which made him question the reason for its use. If it was necessary or not, and about the pain caused to the animal. All this was the starting point of his search.

Ishbak Shehadeh experiment in Patagonia

In June 2013 Ishbak Shehadeh went to Patagonia, to a secluded family camp in the Cordon del Caulle, where he lived for eight months with an uncle’s horses, and began his first pilot project that took approximately six months. He recorded all the behaviors that the animals had, and he tried 24 hours a day to get results. It is in that place where he was born in Bitless System method when he began to notice that some of these horses had problems due to the brake.

The solution seemed quite logical: find an alternative to mount them without brake. What happened was that he did not find any methodology to make the transition from brake to bitless (without brake). I was working with racing horses and I needed a safe and professional system, not a miraculous device. I did not find alternatives, I decided to create by myself.

The Bitless system

The Bitless System is a tool that can be used when necessary. Or when the person wants, interspersing their use with brake, hakamore or using directly without anything. A well-tamed horse and a rider with sufficient basic experience will be able to change the brake, for the hakamore and for the rope in the neck, and reverse, when necessary.

In effect, broadening the spectrum of possibilities. All this done with responsibility, a person without basic experience, and without a methodology, can cause damage using a brake. And even more using the bitless incorrectly. Not every horse is ready to start working without embouchure, and not every gentleman is able to ride without mouthpieces.

Sources:

https://www.horseconscious.com/horsemanship/bitless-training-system

http://www.gustavomirabal.es/entrenadores-de-caballos/ishbak-shehadeh

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Relaxation strategies music

Equine therapy is applied in order to reduce the negative effects of diseases or conditions on patients. However, in order to accelerate the improvement or rehabilitation processes, it is necessary to combine with other complementary strategies such as relaxation for patients receiving this type of alternative therapy. In this article we will specifically address the healing effect of music on patients as a relaxation strategies

Music in equine therapy

Music expressed in voice or with feelings, is part of human life since its inception and we have all experienced its magical effects on us. Its therapeutic effect is so great that it evolved towards the creation of music therapy. In no way is it intended that the therapist of equinotherapy enter that field, since this implies specialized studies. You just want to motivate him to apply the music in a simple way to achieve relax or encourage, as required. The purpouse is to use music as one of multiples relaxation strategies

Effects of music as one of multiple relaxation strategies

The simplest and oldest way to calm anguish and reassure is to sing. When working in young children in hippotherapy. These sometimes resent the temporary separation of their parents and start the session very distressed. An almost magical recipe is to start walking on the horse immediately and sing simple children’s songs that adapt to the pace of the horse’s pace.
Adequate music tones

The tone and volume of the therapist’s voice play an important role in the relaxation process. The loud and loud voice excites and stimulates, the low and soft voice relaxes and calms.

Songs in a higher tone encourage extroversion, those with a lower tone introversion. The melodious songs have an effect on the emotional center, the rhythmic songs on the motor center.

Horseback riding and musical rhythm are intimately linked so reinforcing the rhythm of riding by means of the most appropriate voice or percussion instruments during the ride are the maracas, drums of sound and drums.

Use of a rhythmic instrument is stimulating, especially in the abdominal and pelvic areas, although a relaxing effect is achieved for two reasons:

• The patient’s metal care is directed to the motor center in the pelvic area
• The monotony of the rhythmic pattern of riding together with the rhythm of maracas, cause a psychic relaxation with regulating effects of respiration and relaxing of muscular activity

It is convenient for the therapist to handle the instruments (whether in a twin or on the floor), so that the patient does not become distracted by the handling of them.

Purpose of Music in sessions

The most important purpose is to relax the musculature so that the seat is deepened and the therapeutic principles it provides to the horse can be transmitted. Multiple relaxation strategies help to achive this goal.

During the therapeutic session the trio therapist, patient and horse establish a deep physical and psychic communication affecting and influencing each other. The good therapy therapist is aware of that and will always try to motivate the patient with his own example

We encourage you to use music as one of the relaxation strategies either for equinetherapy, for riding or in your life in general. Music is life

Souces:

http://neuroft.com/es/equinoterapia/

http://equestcenter.org/music-therapy-on-horseback

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Amazon Carlota Casiraghi

In the world of equestrian competitions the participation of women is increasing more and more. That is why in this installment we will talk about the life and career of Amazona Carlota Casiraghi.

Carlota Casiraghi was born on August 3, 1986, Principality of Monaco) is the second daughter of Princess Carolina of Monaco and the late Stéfano Casiraghi. As daughter of the Princess of Monaco, she is part of the Grimadi family, although she is not entitled to a noble title due to the Salic laws of the principality. She is niece of the current head of the state of Monaco and, since 2002, part of the succession line of the Principality of Monaco; currently occupying the eleventh position.

Childhood of Carlota Casiraghi

She was orphaned as a father on October 3, 1990, when Stéfano Casiraghi died in the waters of Monaco while participating in the World Offshore Championship, Carlota was four years old.

Carolina moved with her children to a town in Provence. Carolina received the support of her friend Vicent Lindon, who served as father to the three children of Carolina

In 1992, Carolina and her children returned to Monaco after their voluntary retirement in French Provence.

Trajectory in the world of the Horse Riding

• She loves horses, and is a spectacular amazon, having won many important prizes, the Gucci house has become her sponsor.
• He participated in the Global Champions Tour competition, together with the best riders in the world. After Carlota continued a tour of luxury horseman in competitions in different parts. Among them: Hamburg, Turin, Cannes, Monte Carlo, Estoril, Chantilly and Valkenswaard, before finishing it in Rio de Janeiro.
• Her interest in riding grew with her since she was a girl. Contributing this to develop your own tastes and hobbies. These include his beginnings in journalism, having launched a magazine this winter. Its purpose is to focus on fashion from the point of view of the environment and ecology.
• The magazine, called Ever Manifesto, has only 20 pages and a large format, in addition to being written in English, although it was launched in Italy with 3,000 copies that will be distributed free of charge at fashion shows, stores and luxury hotels.

Carlota stated about the release of her magazine:

“I’m not an expert on the subject, but I’ll try to convey a message that moves people to reflect on the environment.”

Family life of Carlota Casiraghi

Since the beginning of 2017 he has had a relationship with French independent film producer Dimitri Rassam, and in early 2018 it was announced that the couple had made a commitment and hoped to get married in the summer of 2018. In May of that same year, the couple postponed the wedding after announcing that Carlota was pregnant with her second child. The first in common for the couple. On October 23, 2018, Carlota gave birth to her second son, Baltazhar, at the Princess Grace Hospital in Monaco

Carlota Casiraghi has two children:

• Raphaël Elmaleh, born on December 17, 2013.
• Balthazar Rassam, born on October 23, 2018.

Despite having been orphaned, Carlota has overcome the challenges of life. He has also been interested in topics such as the environment. His look transcends individualism and advocates a long-term view as humanity. An exceptional woman

Sources:

http://www.gustavomirabal.es/amazonas/amazona-carlota-casiraghi

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlota_Casiraghi

https://www.hola.com/biografias/carlota-casiraghi/

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