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| Tango |
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Argentina |
| About Tango Style: |
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Tango is a dance that has a large African influence.Dances from the candombe ceremonies of former slave peoples helped shape the modern day Tango.
The dance originated in lower-class districts of Buenos Aires and Montevideo. The music derived from the fusion of music from Europe, the South American Milonga, and African rhythms. Jorge Luis Borges in "El idioma de los argentinos" writes "Tango belongs to the Rio de la Plata and it is the son of Uruguayan "milonga" and grandson |
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