The Annual Drunken, Deadly Horse Races of Guatemala 

I think River did a surprisingly great job here, he had a great attitude and respected everyone he spoke to. These are the type of videos I miss from Vice

This is amazing. Seems like a huge honor to be considered that guy's son for the race too, pretty cool.

Holy crap I can't believe Vice came to Todos Santos on October. That's my parents birth town. I've visited family in Todos Santos and have witnessed the horse races myself and yes I've seen people fall off horses going 50mph on rough dirt, terrain. Todos Santos is no joke when it comes to binge drinking during the holidays lol. I have more pride now being a Todos Santero knowing that even through dark times, we should celebrate having survived the worst and to work harder as a result. My grandparents were a victim to this genocide and having studied the history of the U.S. during the late 70's, I dislike Reagan who funded the corrupt Guatemalan government at the time who then committed mass genocide on my people. It pains me sometimes to know that my citizenship here in the U.S. would not have been possible if the U.S. hadn't of gotten involved in Guatemala and funded the deaths of millions of mayans, including my grandfather. This is what drives me to work hard and take every possible chance to succeed here. Thank you Vice for visiting and informing viewers of a place that has little to no recognition.

Rider is so cool to watch, he s not a hipster hypocrite and shows genuine interest and respect, he is not acting patronising like some other VICE presenters

4:32 "This little horse is not the best" Horse: *Hold my oats*

good on you River, kept up with humble attitude all the way to the end! Cheers to the hosts too, accepted him and what he was doing with a good heart.

Amazinng, I had no idea they did that in my country viva Guatemala

I love River's attitude. Yeah man, fun is the word.

I clicked this thinking the horses would be drunk

I spent a month trekking around Guatemala, fascinating country!

​​Every year, the Mayan villagers in Todos Santos, Guatemala, throw a wild, week-long rager. At the end of the party, the bravest townspeople stagger onto their horses to face off in a drunken-sometimes deadly-horse race.

This has probably got to be the nicest Vice documentary that I have scene. Props to you for going down to Guatemala and being yourself and letting the people speak for themselves!

"viva the United States man" I died

Nobody was laughing at your wero. Everybody was happy you were there. Everybody respected you for your courage.

finally you send a journalist who is a stuck up hipster always talking shit about the culture. This River guy is pretty cool, seems to just go with it and have a good time. Great video, we need more like this Vice!

no word exists to describe how impressed I am this kid just rode the horse like a goddam jockey 1st try. And also, I spat out my dinner when he said "Rio"

This is the kind of vice video I want to watch: nothing terribly stressful, just adventure, a little history. P.S. River, you did a good job.

Classic Vice. "I'm completely unqualified for what I'm about to experience, but have you seen my hair? My shoes? Beautiful."

You recovered from that fall like a champ man. How awesome it was to see you share and participate in their culture.

This tradition sounds like something that was created by some Ancient bros who got drunk and decided they should race lol

Finnaly, some interesting stuff from vice

IS NO ONE GUNNA POINT OUT HOW GOD DAMN QUICK THAT FERRIS WHEEL WAS GOING AT 1:30 OH MY GOD

That's so awesome how you just threw yourself into their culture and showed immense respect and enthusiasm. At first I judge River like oh great some little white hipster but he was super humble and real and honest. Let's see more River!

I'm from Guatemala and never in my life have i heard of this. :o

lmao that guy at 10:04 just leans up against the wall and gives up

please do more of these types of videos!

great piece from Vice and River, many will know about Todos Santos and their struggle

riding a horse drunk will get you a DUI here in the states

When I lived in Chile I saw a drunk man passed out in a winter jacket in the middle of summer for 4 days without moving. It was amazing.

amazing story and i love the way the POV is , he is very open and only took the positives and cherished and shared the experience. . 10 out of 10

Dude they were fuckin wastedd 😂😂😂 I love these

The old lady looked like she was cursing him with alcohol shower rather than bless him.

3:49 You ain't leaving without a picture

Didn't know they were big San Francisco 49ers fans in Todo Santos 10:40

The reporters reactions to everything really had me dying laughing lmfaoooo make him a regular please

"Pinche Cabron" lmao! 10:34

I love Native American culture!

9:50 exactly this guy got it the best cure for a hangover is to keep drinking this way youre no longer hangover youre just drunk :)

awesome job vice :) i love this kind of stuff.

thanks for bringing back this story and for taking the challenge of going to Guatemala! it's a country that truly values their culture. hope you didn't get too sick! lol

River has a humbleness about him that many of the other presenters lack. He was happy to jump in and participate and completely emerge himself in the culture and I found his idiosyncrasies pretty funny. He's obviously young but mature beyond his years. I didn't know if I'd enjoy this one but I enjoyed this documentary much more than some of your other "mainstream" ones. Well done River you are an accomplished journalist.

"Dying drunk and free on top of a horse" not a bad way to die.

I love this documentary so much you captured the fucking awesomeness and craziness of my country! Please more content about Guatemala!

It was amazing to watch your work. I watched the video many times. I was born in the department de Totonicapan Guatemala. Great job Vice!

Finally some interesting shit from Vice, this was amazing.

What a neat tradition and good people of todo santos, His horse really took off good lol it was fast and they said it wasnt good

8:34 when the drugs hit you

I appreciate River's attitude, he never judged the tradition, he shown us the whole celebration and the beliefs of the people and I think he even enjoyed it ! congrats...

River, you did a very good job on this piece. The main story was the horse race; however, the impressive part about your report is how the tradition came about, including the Spanish conquest of Maya peoples in this region, as well as the struggles of the villagers against their own government. You were a good sport for staying true to the tradition, dressing up in full costume, and showing respect for the traditions of the villagers. Good job.

Super original!... This is what I'm talking about. "STOP MOTHER$%@#!... (River)" LOL!...

see this is what you want from vice, great documentry

holy shit this seems intense lmao

hello Vice Yes! this is what we want, oddball mini documentary's that transport us somewhere completely new. Not boring and hectoring videos about the worlds problems, in a roundabout way videos like this connect people and make one more hopeful of future.

I'm from Guatemala , Todosantos cuchumatan it's where I was born and trust me its a beautiful wonderful place and also there is more celebrations all of them are really fun to watch but sometimes trrifing 😂 but is a very awesome place to visit .

The guy who made Gataumata person a blend in:the poeple and peace.😊 The guy who blebd in:*listens*❤

Great video, even for guatemalans this thing it's scary, you have to be really drunk before ride the horse, and like the guy said, not many can afford a horse in that place. Again great video Vice! maybe next year i'll visit that part of my Guatemala!

thats not a spanish dialect, its an accent. the kid was awesome though, like the morton dude but with not only social but riding skills... love them both.

Finally, a good video from vice.

My parents are from there and they're always telling stories of how life has been there ⛰, great video 🤙

Bloody Hell ! He smoke the whole competition with his war horse xD

Triple H's Grandma at 10:30

Now this is the vice that we all love

All fun and games until they have to go and kill a chicken.

nice one Vice really enjoyable and makes a change from all the shit thats going on in the world at the mo.

As a Jewish person, i totally respect and empathize with the mayans and their culture. Having ancestors go through so many mass-killings, you just learn over time to fucking go wild sometimes and Drink to Life. Also props to the kid for doing that seemingly dangerous stunt, he certainly earned his drinks.

Have to respect this kid's cajones, he seemed to earn the town's respect by racing as well.

Super awesome! My family doesn't live far from there and I never knew of this tradition till now.

I enjoyed this, very interesting and informative. A week-long party and drunken horse riding sounds great lol

drunk as shit ridding a horse that run like hell... SOUNDS GOOD TO ME!!!!

i think this guy is in over his head ahaha he just jumps on a horse in the middle of Guatemala lol wtf

Fascinating! Wonderful journalism and photography. Kudos once again, River and VICE.

Thanks for the video and explaining the history, may the spirts in the clouds guide you and xivalva provide for you and your love ones uttz pinpin..

How cool are those outfits!! he looked awesome

This was amazing, love it. I would love to go and do this

how am i barely seeing this. Awesome fucking video. Y’all covered this well. Glad to see many family members in this video lol

I rode in the race in the 80's during Dia de Todos Santos, and the course was packed with riders out-of-their-minds drunk. In the night acoustic marimba bands played in the hills of the town and were lit by oil lamps. The village men would have drinking parties and be dancing together; The fireworks were deafening. It was magic.

Vice you are truly amazing!!

I really enjoy this video. Good Job!!

I really enjoyed this vid, nice job guys 👌.

"Viva human beings!"

this event is hilarious. where do I sign up?

This is what I subscribed to Vice for, this is the content I like to see

omg it would be great if river went back to guatemala this year and see if he noticed any changes or new changes !!

Woah!!! The guy at 01:52 was wearing a *University of Michigan* Jacket. I wonder how he got that???

The tailor! Absolutely awesome guy!!!!

in addition... the horse river had. heard them talking shit... about how slow he was.. later that day the horse did a bag of coke from columbia and smoked some california kush then took 10 sake bombs and dropped 5 tabs of acid. he was now.... a unicorn. and was like"FUCK THIS"

this journalist has a lot balls. does all it takes for a good story even if its the not the safest thing to do

River u snapped, hope to be seeing more of you , keep up the good work buddy.

Que hermosos los trajes de Guatemala toditita la gente deberian estar agradecido que nose ha perdido el costumbre de usar el traje tipico

hahaha this gringo gets props from me.... VICE please do more cool stuff on Guatemala and only send RIVERS

Ah the mysteries of drunk people. I did cringe when they didn't straighten up the horses browband 😂

Bruh im gonna go to Guatemala with my family on Spring Break to go visit my grandparents, uncles, and hell of alot of cousins! Me and my cousins are gonna get drunk and ride horses too! Viva Guatemala!

07:13 - Nah, that's my neighbor and local pyro, Juan. Don't worry, he's chill.

1 HP. looks like that old lady blessing him really worked.

This is Fu#%&*# awesome!!! Love VICE!

vice has the most well spoken and well rounded reporters

Great job River

very cool documentary. glad that vice did antoher documentary in Guatemala

Amazing story! its incredible to see tradition being formed through history into a party.

That was pretty damn impressive, I would never get on a horse to race it like that while drunk, props to you River (Y)