Although, the first official Charro Days fiesta was celebrated in 1938 — the event that linked Brownsville and Matamoros may go back to before the 1900s. It is rumored that the first “unofficial” Charros Days took place in the early to mid-1800s when both cities came together to exchange “abrazos (welcome hugs).”In the earlier years of the Charro Days, the fiesta provided a wider range of activities than it does today — especially in 1942 when a rodeo and bullfight added to the color of the fiesta. It was common for most bullfights then to be in Matamoros, but Charro ...