The tradition
Tango is a partner and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries from a combination of Argentine Milonga, Spanish-Cuban Habanera, and Uruguayan Candombe celebrations. It was frequently practiced in the brothels and bars of ports, where business owners employed bands to entertain their patrons. It then spread to the rest of the world. A number of variations of this dance currently exist around the world. On August 31, 2009, UNESCO approved a joint proposal by Argentina and Uruguay to include the tango in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.¶
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Tango”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.¶
tango is Argentinian-Uruguayan partner 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 35 external registers, which can be verified through the citation.1¶
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What it mixes with
Artists and institutions
Sources
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| Wikidata: tango (Q338450) | database | Wikidata |
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