Argentina and Uruguay have long disputed the origins and birthplace of tango dance and tango music.
Argentina and Uruguay recently buried the hatchet and jointly submitted the ‘symbolic universe of tango’ to UNESCOS list of cultural treasures, where it was recognized that tango is an invention of the Rio del la Plata, the estuary or River as it is known that separates Uruguay and Argentina on the Atlantic coast of South America.
The United Nations cultural organization granted the sultry tango dance steps ”intangible cultural heritage” status during a meeting of 400 experts in Abu Dhabi.
“We are thrilled. It is wonderful,” glowed Hugo Achugar of Uruguay’s National Culture Office.
Last month we reported that a Japanese couple last month won the tango World Championships in Buenos Aires, dethroning Argentina, whose dancers had dominated the contest in the past.
Leading tango dancers in Argentina fear that the worldwide tango movement and the popularity of tango dance might cause tango to lose its identity and cease to belong to the Rio del la Plata.
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