an exhibition of cowboy skills an enclosure for cattle that have been rounded up
A cultural event that closes schools for two days in late February to honor Rodeo events occurring in the city Even if you have never felt like a cowboy, you can’t help but feel the community spirit of this holiday There’s the annual parade and plenty of traditional cowboy and ranch sports to dig your boots into
In the United States, a rodeo is a public entertainment event in which cowboys show different skills, including riding wild horses and catching cattle with ropes. rodeos a type of entertainment in which cowboys ride wild horses, catch cattle with ropes, and ride in races. Sport involving a series of contests derived from North American cowboy skills. Rodeos typically feature competitive or exhibition bronco riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, and Brahma bull riding. The sport developed from informal competitions among cowboys held from the mid-19th century. Denver is traditionally accepted as the birthplace of paid spectator rodeo, in 1887. The oldest surviving annual show is the Frontier Days celebration in Cheyenne, Wyo. (established 1897). The Calgary Stampede has been held annually in Alberta, Can., since 1923. In calf roping and steer wrestling, the contestant seeks to bring down the animal in the shortest possible time. In riding events, contestants seek to stay on their mounts as long as possible and are awarded points for style, control, and other factors
{i} cattle pen; public exhibition of the skills of cowboys (i.e. riding wild horses, etc.)
A rodeo clown is a rodeo performer who works on bull riding contests. Historically the primary job of the rodeo clown is to protect the rider from the bull after he dismounts or is bucked off, by distracting the bull and providing alternative targets for the bull to chase. Additionally, bull fighters may improve the bull rider's score by turning a bull back that runs down the arena e.g., by grabbing his horn or getting the bull to follow him while the rider is on his back. Rodeo clowns also provide traditional clowning entertainment for the crowd between rodeo events, often parodying aspects of cowboy culture
[ 'rO-dE-"O, r&-'dA-(")O ] (noun.) 1834. From the Spanish verb rodear (to “surround”), and specifically rodeo, noun derived from the verb, which refers to a cattle roundup.