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sorin popovici
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Joined: Jan. 7 2005
From: Iasi, Romania
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Ryan , u said u know things about literature...maybe u can help me find the answer to this. There is this Borges book "the History of tango". Well.it's not really history...but I kind of like it this way.But I think I always wondered what this word means and how related is the tangos and the tango(and if there is a relation). I see no relation besides,I dont know...4/4 time signature. on dictionary.com they say the origin is [American Spanish, possibly of Niger-Congo origin; akin to Ibibio tamgu, to dance.] Now,this is why we have tangos and tango,is just about the word "to dance" in a language or is it more than that,more similarities that I dont see? Anyway,I thought it would be good to answer myself to this question...since to be sincere 1st time I've heard about the argentinian tango and always had this question in mind ...when tangos was a subject of discussion. What I would really like is see if anybody knows some more about this topic,and if there is no connection between the two dances ...to explain how come flamenco has guajiras( I think guajira is cuban,right?) but no tango.
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