Naipes ‘Charabon’
Naipes ‘Charabon’ - depicting the Gaucho as a national hero, Montevideo, 1983.
made by Industria Gráfica Papelera S.A., Santa Fe, Uruguay, 1983
Above: this edition of Naipes ‘Charabon’ playing cards - depicting the Gaucho as a national hero - was manufactured specially for the 1st Truco Tournament sponsored by Dunbar Whisky in Montevideo in September 1983 by Industria Gráfica y Papelera S.A. (ingrapa), Santa Fe 1167, Uruguay. A charabon is the chick of a South American type of ostrich (ñandú) similar to an emu, which is depicted on the fours of coins and cups and on the jokers.
By Simon Wintle
Member since February 01, 1996
Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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