What is Tango?

Tango is a associate dance and social dance that originated inside the 1880s alongside the Río de
la Plata, the herbal border among Argentina and Uruguay. It became born inside the impoverished port
areas of these countries, in neighborhoods which had predominantly African descendants. The tango is
the end result of a aggregate of Rioplatense Candombe celebrations, Spanish-Cuban Habanera, and
Argentinean Milonga. The tango was frequently practiced within the brothels and bars of ports, where
business proprietors hired bands to entertain their shoppers with song. The tango then unfolds to the rest
of the world. Many versions of this dance presently exist round the sector.

On August 31, 2009, UNESCO accepted a joint suggestion via Argentina and Uruguay to include
the tango inside the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.