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If you're interested in the nexus between cowboys and Italy, this is the group for you. The Italian cowboy culture even influenced Italian opera with Giacomo Puccini's La Fanciulla del West, The Maiden of the West. Sergio Leone created many of the most beloved cowboy films of all time, and Ennio Morricone's music is synonymous with cowboy legends. Italy even established a cowboy firearms trade to support its booming cowboy movie industry with such iconic brands as Pedersoli and Pietta.
Italians, like cowboys, share a love of life, good stories, and, or course, great food. Italians have their fettuccine and cowboys have their fajitas (yeah, fajitas were invented on the open range of South Texas). And let's not forget the music. Cowboy ballads have found a special place in the heart of American culture, while Italian opera and folk songs are among the most beautiful music ever composed.
So, let's meet up and share the cowboy culture that is so dear to Texas and to our cowboy lovin Italian friends across the pond. Ciao bellissimi amici. Ci vediamo!