Horseback Butteri
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Horseback Butteri
Alberese Estate
A buttero is the Tuscan and Lazio Maremma herdsman on horseback. They look after Maremmano cows and horses.
They were a dark hat, velvet jacket and carry a goad, a stick with a wooden tip used to prod cattle and horses.
Being a buttero is a craft that is a part of the Maremma’s history and tradition A traditional craft that is risking extinction in the modern era, as latifundium estates disappear and the work connected to managing herds on horseback declines. The Tuscan Region has included the craft among the ones at risk of extinction.