Gardian

For places in Iran, see Gardian, Iran.
Gardians at the arena of Méjanes, in Arles, France
Gardians selecting bulls from a manade for use in the course camarguaise, Camargue, France, early twentieth century

A gardian is a mounted cattle herdsman in the Camargue delta in Provence, southern France. The work is akin to that of the Mexican charro, the North American cowboy, the Tuscan buttero or the Portuguese campino. Gardians ride Camargue horses.[1]

  1. ^ Siméon, Jacky [in French] (2013). Dictionnaire de la course camarguaise (in French). Vauvert: Au Diable Vauvert. pp. 59–60. ISBN 978-2-846-26424-2.