Logo: a gaucho couple

Question SA-8. Here is the text reference (p. 132/2):

Costumbrismo has its roots in the art and descriptions of the European travelers and explorers of the early Independence period, but it differs from much of their work in that it focuses on the custom or the local type, without a great deal of regard for the scenery or the exotic nature of the surroundings. Generally costumbrismo found subjects in the countryside or the innumerable small towns of Latin America. Wherever there was an important cattle culture, there was likely to be costumbrista art and writing focusing on the Latin American equivalent of the North American cowboy. But the cities also provided fertile ground, and here we can find costumbrista descriptions of street persons (beggars, lottery sellers, night watchmen, etc), shopkeepers, and even priests, such as Fray (Brother) Gómez in the short story which follows.