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I agree.ARGENTINA IN THE 1880'S IN THE BARRIOS ON THE OUT-SKIRTS OF BUENOS ARIES, POPULATED BY IMMIGRANTS, INACTIVE SOLDIERS, GAUCHOS AND CRIMINALS, A NEW DANCE WAS BORN. BEING THE VULGAR EXPRESSION OF AN OUTCAST PEOPLE, IT WAS CONSIDERED DECLASSE BY HIGH SOCIETY UNTIL THE 1920'S WHEN, HAVING TRAVELLED HALF WAY AROUND THE WORLD, IT WAS EMBRACED BY THE PARISIENNES AND BECAME THE RAGE OF EUROPE'S MOST STYLISH CITY. NOW IN 1929, THE YEAR OF OUR ARRIVAL, IT IS ON ALL THE POLISHED DANCE FLOORS OF ARGENTINA'S FINEST NIGHT CLUBS,2Be" AESTHETIC PHENOMENA, THIS DANCE IS NOW THE VERY HEART BEAT OF THE CITY IN WHICH IT WAS BORN. THE TANGO IS BUENOS ARIES BUENOS ARIES IS THE TANGO