Tango was born at the end of the 19th century in the working-class and port neighborhoods of Buenos Aires and Montevideo, on both banks of the Río de la Plata. Part music, dance, and poetry, it was inscribed by UNESCO in 2009 on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list, at the joint request of Argentina and Uruguay. Today, its tradition lives on in the milonga, the tango dance hall, with its codes, rhythms, and shoes. A dance born on both banks of the Río de la Plata We speak...
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