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Sport in Paraguay is an important part of the country's national culture. Football is the most popular sport, and basketball is also very popular. [3] Other sports such as volleyball, futsal, swimming and tennis are also popular. [3] Additional Paraguayan sports and pastimes include rugby union, chess, motorsport, golf and rowing.
Ñandutí is a traditional Paraguayan lace. The name means "spider web" in Guaraní, [1] the official, indigenous language of Paraguay. The lace is worked on fabric which is stretched tightly in a frame.
Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.
Baskets are woven from the fibers of canes. Paraguayan Indians weave open baskets, baskets with handles, hand fans, shades, place mats, and especially piri, the typical Paraguayan hat of the country men. Leather products, such as bags, hats, sacks, etc. have their main centers in Limpio and Luque, where also centers for production of beautiful ...
Gaucho from Argentina, photographed in Peru, 1868. A gaucho (Spanish:) or gaúcho (Portuguese:) is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly.The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol of Argentina, Paraguay, [1] Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, the southern part of Bolivia, [2] and the south of Chilean Patagonia. [3]
The Guarani are a group of culturally-related indigenous peoples of South America.They are distinguished from the related Tupi by their use of the Guarani language.The traditional range of the Guarani people is in what is now Paraguay between the Paraná River and lower Paraguay River, the Misiones Province of Argentina, southern Brazil once as far east as Rio de Janeiro, and parts of Uruguay ...
That's because Paraguay is the happiest country on Earth -- at least, according to a survey by the Gallup organization. It polled people in Paraguay is happiest country on Earth, says survey by Gallup
This category describes traditional and historic clothing by nationality. Modern clothing should be categorised under Fashion by country or Clothing companies by country.