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  • A jimador sharpens his coa, a knife like spade used to cut the spears off blue agave plants during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_271.JPG
  • A waiter serves Siete Leguas blanco tequila at the Fellos Bar in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The bar has been a meeting place for tequila distillery owners and workers for more than 50-years in the tiny mountain town of Atotonilco de Alto, home to Siete Leguas, Don Julio and Patron tequila brands.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_156.JPG
  • A worker loads a batch of fermented blue agave mash into the still at the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. After being crushed by a stone mill the agave fibers are mixed with spring water and fermented before being distilled into tequila and then aged in barrels. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is the oldest family owned distillery producing authentic handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_134.JPG
  • A worker operates the still which uses steam and pressure to extract alcohol from crushed blue agave fibers for tequila at the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_119.JPG
  • A worker operates the still which uses steam and pressure to extract alcohol from crushed blue agave fibers for tequila at the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_118.JPG
  • The barrel room inside the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The tequila is aged from 2-12 years in white oak barrels that once held American Kentucky Bourbon. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is the oldest family owned distillery producing authentic handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_162.JPG
  • A worker crushes blue agave fibers using an ancient donkey-pulled tahona or stone wheel mill at the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_76387.JPG
  • A worker moves a batch of fermented blue agave mash into the still at the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. After being crushed by a stone mill the agave fibers are mixed with spring water and fermented before being distilled into tequila and then aged in barrels. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is the oldest family owned distillery producing authentic handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_128.JPG
  • A jimador uses a coa, a knife like spade, to cut the spears off blue agave plants during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_228.JPG
  • A jimador scratches his donkey after it dropped a load of blue agave pineapple-like cores during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_268.JPG
  • Blue agave pineapple-like cores are loaded onto a truck after being harvested in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_264.JPG
  • Blue agave pineapple-like cores are loaded onto a truck after being harvested in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_263.JPG
  • A blue agave pineapple-like core after being harvested sits waiting to be collected in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_261.JPG
  • Jimadores uses a coa, a knife like spade, to cut the spears off blue agave plants during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_259.JPG
  • A jimador collects blue agave plants during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_257.JPG
  • A donkey carries baskets filled with blue agave pineapple-like cores down the hillside during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_255.JPG
  • A donkey carries baskets filled with blue agave pineapple-like cores down the hillside during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_251.JPG
  • A donkey carries baskets filled with blue agave pineapple-like cores down the hillside during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_246.JPG
  • A donkey carries baskets filled with blue agave pineapple-like cores down the hillside during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_244.JPG
  • Jimadores uses a coa, a knife like spade, to cut the spears off blue agave plants during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_242.JPG
  • A donkey carries baskets filled with blue agave pineapple-like cores down the hillside during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_238.JPG
  • A jimador loads blue agave pineapple-like cores into a basket carried by a donkey during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_237.JPG
  • A jimador uses a coa, a knife like spade, to cut the spears off blue agave plants during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_225.JPG
  • A jimador uses a coa, a knife like spade, to cut the spears off blue agave plants during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_224.JPG
  • Jimadores uses a coa, a knife like spade, to cut the spears off blue agave plants during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_223.JPG
  • A jimador uses a coa, a knife like spade, to cut the spears off blue agave plants during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_219.JPG
  • Jimadores uses a coa, a knife like spade, to cut the spears off blue agave plants during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_214.JPG
  • Field managers inspect a field of blue agave plants to see if they are ready for harvest at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_210.JPG
  • A field manager walks through a field of blue agave plants at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_205.JPG
  • A field manager walks through a field of blue agave plants at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_204.JPG
  • A field manager walks through a field of blue agave plants at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_199.JPG
  • A field of blue agave plants growing at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_196.JPG
  • A field of blue agave plants growing at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_195.JPG
  • A field of blue agave plants at sunrise growing at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_194.JPG
  • A field of blue agave plants growing at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_192.JPG
  • A field of blue agave plants growing at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_191.JPG
  • A field manager inspects the tips of blue agave plants to see if they are ready for harvest at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_189.JPG
  • A field manager inspects the tips of blue agave plants to see if they are ready for harvest at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_188.JPG
  • A field manager inspects the tips of blue agave plants to see if they are ready for harvest at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_187.JPG
  • Field managers inspect a field of blue agave plants to see if they are ready for harvest at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_184.JPG
  • Field managers inspect a field of blue agave plants to see if they are ready for harvest at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_183.JPG
  • A field manager walks through a field of blue agave plants at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_181.JPG
  • A field manager inspects the tips of blue agave plants to see if they are ready for harvest at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_179.JPG
  • A field manager inspects the tips of blue agave plants to see if they are ready for harvest at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_174.JPG
  • The barrel room inside the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The tequila is aged from 2-12 years in white oak barrels that once held American Kentucky Bourbon. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is the oldest family owned distillery producing authentic handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_164.JPG
  • The barrel room inside the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The tequila is aged from 2-12 years in white oak barrels that once held American Kentucky Bourbon. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is the oldest family owned distillery producing authentic handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_161.JPG
  • Old style swinging doors at the Fellos Bar in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The bar has been a meeting place for tequila distillery owners and workers for more than 50-years in the tiny mountain town of Atotonilco de Alto, home to Siete Leguas, Don Julio and Patron tequila brands.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_155.JPG
  • A display of local art inside the tasting room at the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The tequila is aged from 2-12 years in white oak barrels that once held American Kentucky Bourbon. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is the oldest family owned distillery producing authentic handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_148.JPG
  • The barrel room inside the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is the oldest family owned distillery producing authentic handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_140.JPG
  • A worker checks fermentation tanks where blue agave mash is fermenting at the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. After being crushed by a stone mill the agave fibers are mixed with spring water and fermented before being distilled into tequila. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_127.JPG
  • A worker checks the gravity of fresh tequila from the still before it is put in barrels for aging at the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_124.JPG
  • Crushed blue agave fibers in a fermentation tank at the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_120.JPG
  • A worker crushes blue agave fibers using an ancient donkey-pulled tahona or stone wheel mill at the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_76397.JPG
  • A worker crushes blue agave fibers using an ancient donkey-pulled tahona or stone wheel mill at the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_76394.JPG
  • Jimadores uses a coa, a knife like spade, to cut the spears off blue agave plants during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_243.JPG
  • Jimadores uses a coa, a knife like spade, to cut the spears off blue agave plants during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_241.JPG
  • A jimador uses a coa, a knife like spade, to cut the spears off blue agave plants during harvest in a field owned by the Siete Leguas tequila distillery in the Jalisco Highlands of Mexico. Siete Leguas is a family owned distillery crafting the finest tequila using the traditional process unchanged since for 65-years.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_226.JPG
  • A field manager inspects a field of blue agave plants to see if they are ready for harvest at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_209.JPG
  • A field manager inspects the tips of blue agave plants to see if they are ready for harvest at a farm owned by the Casa Siete Leguas tequila distillery outside Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190108_177.JPG
  • Donkeys pull a tahona or stone wheel mill to crush blue agave hearts at the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is one of the oldest family owned distilleries and produces handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_173.JPG
  • A waiter serves Siete Leguas blanco tequila at the Fellos Bar in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The bar has been a meeting place for tequila distillery owners and workers for more than 50-years in the tiny mountain town of Atotonilco de Alto, home to Siete Leguas, Don Julio and Patron tequila brands.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_157.JPG
  • Detail of a batch of tequila in the barrel room at the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. The tequila is aged from 2-12 years in white oak barrels that once held American Kentucky Bourbon. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is the oldest family owned distillery producing authentic handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_144.JPG
  • A worker loads a batch of fermented blue agave mash into the still at the Casa Siete Leguas, El Centenario tequila distillery in Atotonilco de Alto, Jalisco, Mexico. After being crushed by a stone mill the agave fibers are mixed with spring water and fermented before being distilled into tequila and then aged in barrels. The Seven Leagues tequila distillery is the oldest family owned distillery producing authentic handcrafted tequila using traditional methods.
    Jalisco Tequila_20190107_136.JPG
  • Young Juan Franco from the legendary Franco family of Charro champions, ropes a wild horse during a family practice in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Pie or Roping on foot and involves a charro on foot has to rope a wild mare by its front legs and cause it to fall and roll once. The wild mare is chased around the ring by three mounted charros.
    Charro Jalisco_76971.JPG
  • Luis Alfonso Franco, Jr. practices his rope skills during the family Charreria practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The Franco family has dominated Mexican rodeo for 40-years and has won three national championships, five second places and five third places.
    Charro Jalisco_76968.JPG
  • Juan Franco practices his rope skills during the family Charreria practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The Franco family has dominated Mexican rodeo for 40-years and has won three national championships, five second places and five third places.
    Charro Jalisco_76965.JPG
  • Luis Alfonso Franco, Jr., center, and his cousin Juan Franco, Jr. on horseback at the family Charreria practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The Franco family has dominated Mexican rodeo for 40-years and has won three national championships, five second places and five third places.
    Charro Jalisco_76963.JPG
  • Young Juan Franco, from the legendary Franco family of Charro champions, successfully leaps bareback from one horse to another in an event called the The Pass of Death during a family practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico.  The event involves riding bareback and then leaping from one horse to the bare back of a loose, unbroken horse without reins and ride it until it stops bucking.
    Charro Jalisco_76959.JPG
  • Young Juan Franco, from the legendary Franco family of Charro champions, practices leaping bareback from one horse to another in an event called the The Pass of Death during a family practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico.  The event involves riding bareback and then leaping from one horse to the bare back of a loose, unbroken horse without reins and ride it until it stops bucking.
    Charro Jalisco_76955.JPG
  • Young Juan Franco, from the legendary Franco family of Charro champions, practices leaping bareback from one horse to another in an event called the The Pass of Death during a family practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico.  The event involves riding bareback and then leaping from one horse to the bare back of a loose, unbroken horse without reins and ride it until it stops bucking.
    Charro Jalisco_76952.JPG
  • Young Juan Franco, from the legendary Franco family of Charro champions, practices leaping bareback from one horse to another in an event called the The Pass of Death during a family practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico.  The event involves riding bareback and then leaping from one horse to the bare back of a loose, unbroken horse without reins and ride it until it stops bucking.
    Charro Jalisco_76946.JPG
  • Young Juan Franco, from the legendary Franco family of Charro champions, practices leaping bareback from one horse to another in an event called the The Pass of Death during a family practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico.  The event involves riding bareback and then leaping from one horse to the bare back of a loose, unbroken horse without reins and ride it until it stops bucking.
    Charro Jalisco_76945.JPG
  • Young Juan Franco, from the legendary Franco family of Charro champions, practices leaping bareback from one horse to another in an event called the The Pass of Death during a family practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico.  The event involves riding bareback and then leaping from one horse to the bare back of a loose, unbroken horse without reins and ride it until it stops bucking.
    Charro Jalisco_76943.JPG
  • Eight-year-old Juan Franco, from the legendary Franco family of Charro champions, waits on a fence during a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Pie or Roping on Foot and involves a charro on foot roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once. The wild mare is chased around the ring by three mounted charros.
    Charro Jalisco_76942.JPG
  • Members of the legendary Franco family of Charro champions chase a wild mare around the arena during a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Caballo or Roping on Horseback and involves a charro on horse roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once.
    Charro Jalisco_76941.JPG
  • Members of the legendary Franco family of Charro champions chase a wild mare around the arena during a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Caballo or Roping on Horseback and involves a charro on horse roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once.
    Charro Jalisco_76940.JPG
  • Juan Franco, Sr., ropes a wild mare, during an event called Roping on Foot at a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Pie or Roping on Foot and involves a charro on foot roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once. The wild mare is chased around the ring by three mounted charros.
    Charro Jalisco_76939.JPG
  • Juan Franco, Sr., ropes a wild mare, during an event called Roping on Foot at a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Pie or Roping on Foot and involves a charro on foot roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once. The wild mare is chased around the ring by three mounted charros.
    Charro Jalisco_76937.JPG
  • Juan Franco, Sr., ropes a wild mare, during an event called Roping on Foot at a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Pie or Roping on Foot and involves a charro on foot roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once. The wild mare is chased around the ring by three mounted charros.
    Charro Jalisco_76936.JPG
  • Members of the legendary Franco family of Charro champions chase a wild mare around the arena during a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Caballo or Roping on Horseback and involves a charro on horse roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once.
    Charro Jalisco_76934.JPG
  • Juan Franco, Sr., smiles proudly after his eight-year-old son Juan Franco, successfully ropes a wild mare, during a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Pie or Roping on Foot and involves a charro on foot roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once. The wild mare is chased around the ring by three mounted charros.
    Charro Jalisco_76931.JPG
  • Eight-year-old Juan Franco, from the legendary Franco family of Charro champions, ropes a wild mare during a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Pie or Roping on Foot and involves a charro on foot roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once. The wild mare is chased around the ring by three mounted charros.
    Charro Jalisco_76929.JPG
  • Eight-year-old Juan Franco, from the legendary Franco family of Charro champions, prepares to rope a wild mare during a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Pie or Roping on Foot and involves a charro on foot roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once. The wild mare is chased around the ring by three mounted charros.
    Charro Jalisco_76927.JPG
  • A wild mare bucks as it is pulled to the ground after being roped by charros in a move called horse-tripping during a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Caballo or Roping on Horseback and involves a charro on horse roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once.
    Charro Jalisco_76926.JPG
  • Members of the legendary Franco family of Charro champions chase a wild mare around the arena during a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Caballo or Roping on Horseback and involves a charro on horse roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once.
    Charro Jalisco_76925.JPG
  • Members of the legendary Franco family of Charro champions chase a wild mare around the arena during a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Caballo or Roping on Horseback and involves a charro on horse roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once.
    Charro Jalisco_76924.JPG
  • Members of the legendary Franco family of Charro champions chase a wild mare around the arena during a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Caballo or Roping on Horseback and involves a charro on horse roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once.
    Charro Jalisco_76923.JPG
  • Members of the legendary Franco family of Charro champions chase a wild mare around the arena during a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Caballo or Roping on Horseback and involves a charro on horse roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once.
    Charro Jalisco_76922.JPG
  • Luis Alfonso Franco chases a wild mare, during an event called Roping on Foot at a practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The roping event is called Manganas a Pie or Roping on Foot and involves a charro on foot roping a wild mare by its front legs to cause it to fall and roll once. The wild mare is chased around the ring by three mounted charros.
    Charro Jalisco_76920.JPG
  • Juan Franco casts a shadow on the wall in the late afternoon during the family Charreria practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The Franco family has dominated Mexican rodeo for 40-years and has won three national championships, five second places and five third places.
    Charro Jalisco_76917.JPG
  • Juan Franco casts a shadow on the wall in the late afternoon during the family Charreria practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The Franco family has dominated Mexican rodeo for 40-years and has won three national championships, five second places and five third places.
    Charro Jalisco_76916.JPG
  • Analia Franco de Anda, left, and her sister Saray Franco de Anda during the family Charreria practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The Franco family has dominated Mexican rodeo for 40-years and has won three national championships, five second places and five third places.
    Charro Jalisco_76972.JPG
  • Luis Alfonso Franco, Jr. tries to get a stubborn steer to stand after team roping as his father an uncle look on at the family Charreria practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The Franco family has dominated Mexican rodeo for 40-years and has won three national championships, five second places and five third places.
    Charro Jalisco_76914.JPG
  • Luis Alfonso Franco, Jr. tries to get a stubborn steer to stand after team roping as his father an uncle look on at the family Charreria practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The Franco family has dominated Mexican rodeo for 40-years and has won three national championships, five second places and five third places.
    Charro Jalisco_76913.JPG
  • Luis Alfonso Franco, Jr. tries to get a stubborn steer to stand after team roping as his father an uncle look on at the family Charreria practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The Franco family has dominated Mexican rodeo for 40-years and has won three national championships, five second places and five third places.
    Charro Jalisco_76912.JPG
  • Luis Alfonso Franco, Jr. tries to get a steer to stand after team roping as his father an uncle look on at the family Charreria practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The Franco family has dominated Mexican rodeo for 40-years and has won three national championships, five second places and five third places.
    Charro Jalisco_76911.JPG
  • Young Luis Alfonso Franco unties a rope from a steer during Terna en el Ruedo or team roping at the family Charreria practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The Franco family has dominated Mexican rodeo for 40-years and has won three national championships, five second places and five third places.
    Charro Jalisco_76909.JPG
  • Juan Franco practices his rope skills during the family Charreria practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The Franco family has dominated Mexican rodeo for 40-years and has won three national championships, five second places and five third places.
    Charro Jalisco_76907.JPG
  • Luis Alfonso Franco ropes a steer during Terna en el Ruedo at the family Charreria practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The Franco family has dominated Mexican rodeo for 40-years and has won three national championships, five second places and five third places.
    Charro Jalisco_76906.JPG
  • Juan Franco, Jr. rides a steer during a family Charreria practice session in the Jalisco Highlands town of Capilla de Guadalupe, Mexico. The Franco family has dominated Mexican rodeo for 40-years and has won three national championships, five second places and five third places.
    Charro Jalisco_76899.JPG
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