Laura Rodriguez-Verbera

Laura Rodriguez-Verbera

Jorge (Rodriguez) is my brother...and charreria is part of our family. We have it, like I mentioned before, in our blood. You are just born with that tradition, which is authentic to Mexico.

Our families (and us) feel very proud that on this side of the border, because of the love that our parents instilled in us for this sport [charreria], we can continue to conserve it in the United States. And now we pass it on to our children.

And... hopefully this tradition will not die (in keeping) with the love and emotion they feel, as we do, when they see the escaramuzas (a type of skirmish in charreria), the amazonas, seeing the charros practice this sport. (Then) they [the children] can pass it on to their children and future generations.