Federación Mexicana de Charrería Federación Mexicana de Charrería The Federación Mexicana de Charrería (Mexican Federation of Charreria) regulates "charrería" events in Mexico. "Charrería", officially the National Sport of Mexico, consists of a series of Mexican equestrian events rooted in the horsemanship brought over from Spain during their conquest of the New World. The most noted event is the "charreada", or Mexican rodeo. Originally chartered on December 16, 1933, in Mexico City as the "Federación Nacional de Charros" (National Federation of Charros), the purpose was to unify all the various "charro" organizations. The "charros" had organized themselves during the 1920s to preserve the customs and
National symbols of Mexico the Atl-Tlachinolli glyph, or "burning water". The bird featured on the Mexican coat of arms is the golden eagle. This bird is known in Spanish as "águila real" (literally, "royal eagle"). In 1960, the Mexican ornithologist Martín del Campo identified the eagle in the pre-Hispanic codex as a northern caracara or "quebrantahuesos", a species common in Mexico (although the name "eagle" is taxonomically incorrect, as the caracara is a type of falcon). Even so, the prickly pear cactus is considered the Mexican plant for official purposes, and for the same reason is considered the official cactus of Mexico. The National