Sheep shearing festival in Southern Patagonia

After Torres del Paine H and I backtracked about a 150kms to a little place called Villa Tehuelches because they were having a Festival of sheep shearing and I was very keen to go. 

It was fun and interesting. The event included shearing demonstrations, singing and dancing events, sheep dog trials, a disco and lots of lamb to eat. 

This event was in Southern Chile, but in a sense it seemed quite Argentine. Most events didn't seem to run at their scheduled time, but not that it mattered much. 

What I most enjoyed was the camping amongst the Chileans. We looked out Saturday morning to see a skinned sheep riding on the rear mounted spare tire of a SUV. It seems that each camping group brought a large grill, wood and coal and plenty of sheep/lamb. 

The Saturday night disco was scheduled for 10pm. We arrived at 10.30 to an empty hall and no music, things didn't kick off until about midnight. We stood out (H being the tallest there, and I being the fairest skinned and the only blonde) and at 2am we were probably the first to leave. 

All in all we enjoyed the Festival del esquila in Villa Tehuelches.