Finnish tango (Finnish: suomalainen tango), or FINtango, music is an established variation of the Argentine tango but whose rhythm follows the Ballroom tango. It was one of the most popular music forms for decades in Finland.
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Finnish tango (Finnish: suomalainen tango), or FINtango, music is an established variation of the Argentine tango but whose rhythm follows the Ballroom tango.
01 · What it is
Music
Vocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
Finland
Written in its own script on record as suomalainen tango · Finsk tango.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)
Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
1 cited source
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What is Finnish tango in plain words?
Finnish tango (Finnish: suomalainen tango), or FINtango, music is an established variation of the Argentine tango but whose rhythm follows the Ballroom tango. In local script on record, it is written suomalainen tango.
Where is Finnish tango practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Finnish tango in Finland.
What is the current condition of Finnish tango today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
How do I cite or share this Finnish tango entry?
Cite as: "Finnish tango." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/finnish-tango, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
Finnish tango (Finnish: suomalainen tango), or FINtango, music is an established variation of the Argentine tango but whose rhythm follows the Ballroom tango. It was one of the most popular music forms for decades in Finland.
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Finnish tango”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
Finnish tango is music genre and type of dance, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1
The source record links this tradition to 5 external registers, which can be verified through the citation. 1
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