This article is about a sports venue. For the pastry, see croissant

Croissant

A croissant is a buttery flaky pastry named for its distinctive crescent shape. It is also sometimes called a crescent, from the French word for "crescent". Croissants are made of a leavened variant of puff pastry...

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A medialuna (literally half moon) is crescent-shaped corral used for rodeos

Chilean rodeo

Rodeo is a traditional sport in Chile. It was declared the national sport in 1962. It has since thrived, especially in the more rural areas of the country. Chilean rodeo is different from the rodeo found in North America...

, the official sport in Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

. They are generally 64–66 meters in diameter. Chilean rodeo

Chilean rodeo

Rodeo is a traditional sport in Chile. It was declared the national sport in 1962. It has since thrived, especially in the more rural areas of the country. Chilean rodeo is different from the rodeo found in North America...

s are not quite the same sport

Sport

A Sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants. Sport may be competitive, where a winner or winners can be identified by objective means, and may require a degree...

 famous in the American West; they involve two riders on horseback

Chilean Horse

The Chilean Horse is a breed virtually unknown outside South America despite being the oldest registered native American breed, the oldest registered breed of Iberian origin, the oldest registered horse breed in South America and the oldest registered stock horse breed in the Western...

 trying to herd a bull

Bull

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 around a circular arena

Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the...

, attempting to pin him against several large cushions.

The main medialuna in Chile is the Medialuna Monumental de Rancagua. Located in the city of Rancagua

Rancagua

Rancagua is a city and commune in central Chile, part of the Rancagua conurbation. It is the capital of the Cachapoal Province and of the O'Higgins Region, located south of the national capital of Santiago. It had a 2002 population of 214,344...

, it currently seats 12,000 spectators. It is the home of the annual National Championship of Chilean Rodeo

Campeonato Nacional de Rodeo

The National Championship of Chilean Rodeo is the highest-level rodeo competition in Chile.*Place: Medialuna de Rancagua*City: Rancagua*Riders with more titles: Ramón Cardemil and Juan Carlos Loaiza...

. It hosted the 2006 Davis Cup

2006 Davis Cup

The 2006 Davis Cup was the 95th edition of the most important tournament between nations in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and 125 participated in total...

 matches of Chile against Slovakia

Slovakia Davis Cup team

The Slovakia Davis Cup team represents Slovakia in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Slovak Tennis Association.Slovakia finished as runners-up in 2005, losing 3-2 to Croatia in the final. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I...

 and the 2009 Davis Cup

2009 Davis Cup

The 2009 Davis Cup was the 98th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Sixteen teams participated in the World Group and more than one hundred other took part in different regional groups. Spain won their fourth title...

 against Austria

Austria Davis Cup team

The Austria Davis Cup team represents Austria in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by Tennis Austria.In 2010 Austria was re-promoted to the World Group after being relegated to the Europa/Africa Zone Group I only one year earlier....

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In Osorno, Chile

Osorno, Chile

Osorno is a city and commune in southern Chile and capital of Osorno Province in the Los Lagos Region. It had a population of 145,475, as of the 2002 census...

, the medialuna is known as La Medialuna de Osorno. The Medialuna de Osorno was the first covered medialuna in Chile, and is considered one of the highest quality. Rodeos are organized by the Club Osorno René Soriano Bórquez. It boasts a 64-meter diameter arena, seating capacity

Seating capacity

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 of approximately 4,800, and an in-house casino

Casino

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. In 2006, the medialuna was the qualifying arena for the Southern Region of the Campeonato Nacional de Rodeo

Campeonato Nacional de Rodeo

The National Championship of Chilean Rodeo is the highest-level rodeo competition in Chile.*Place: Medialuna de Rancagua*City: Rancagua*Riders with more titles: Ramón Cardemil and Juan Carlos Loaiza...

, the nation-wide Rodeo competition.