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Argentina is known for it's tango. Nobody knows when and where tango was first played but the music, the songs, and the dance go back to Buenos Aires brothels where Spanish, Italian, Eastern European immigrants and blacks met in the 1880's. From the brothels tango moved to the salons and richer residents of Buenos Aires who ignored it's brothel's origins and the dance's black roots. By the beginning of the 20th century tango became a very white European affair. Here tango dancers perform for...
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Argentina is known for it's tango. Nobody knows when and where tango was first played but the music, the songs, and the dance go back to Buenos Aires brothels where Spanish, Italian, Eastern European immigrants and blacks met in the 1880's. From the brothels tango moved to the salons and richer residents of Buenos Aires who ignored it's brothel's origins and the dance's black roots. By the beginning of the 20th century tango became a very white European affair. Here tango dancers perform for a crowd in the San Telmo square of Buenos Aires.
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