Llanero
![19th century Venezuelan llanero](/Images/godic/202501/24/XIX_century_Llanero_-_Eloy_Palacios0746.jpg")
![Illustration of a Venezuelan llanero by Celestino Martínez, 1892](/Images/godic/202501/24/El_llanero_domador0746.jpg")
![Maria Nieves was an Apurean Llanero that inspired a character in Rómulo Gallegos Doña Barbara. This photograph in 1920, shows him ready to guide the cattle to cross the Apure River.](/Images/godic/202501/24/Maria_Nieves0746.jpg")
![Arturo Michelena, Vuelvan Caras. The painting depicts an incident at the Battle of Las Queseras del Medio, in which José Antonio Páez ordered his llaneros to turn around and attack the Spanish cavalry that was pursuing them.](/Images/godic/202501/24/Vuelvan_caras0747.jpg")
A llanero (Spanish pronunciation: [ʝaˈneɾo], plainsman) is a Venezuelan or Colombian herder. The name is taken from the Llanos grasslands occupying western Venezuela and eastern Colombia. The Llanero were originally part Spanish and Indian and have a strong culture including a distinctive form of music.