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El Matadero

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AKA The Slaughteryard Illustrated polyptych for story by Esteban Echeverría. A classic story from mid XIX century Argentinian literature. It symbolically depicts the political turmoil of its time where two factions, "Unitarios" and "Federales" fought for the hegemony of the newly formed country. 1. The days of Lent arrive with religious and political fervour . A coincident shortage of cattle makes the abstinence of eating red meat compulsive. 2. After such shortage, a troop of steers finally arrives to the slaughteryard. An army of slaughterers starts to work while chanting odes to the governor of Buenos Aires and its party, The Federation. 3. One of the animals escapes, a wild chase ensues. A kid is decapitated in the tumult. 4. The beast is finally captured and slaughtered. 5. A gentleman approaches on his horse, the slaughteryard workers see him from the distance and try to guess his political inclinations. A contrary ideology cant be tolerated. 6. They finally decide to give him a grotesque lesson and have some fun with him. He is captured. 7. The gentleman commits suicide while being held. The perpetrators say he took the game too seriously. Animated watercolors.

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literature

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illustration

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watercolors

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argentina

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classic

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story

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painting

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red

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violence

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politics

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