A huge protest/Milonga will be held this Saturday, 29 January 2005 at 5 pm, at the Obelisk in Buenos Aires, to protest against the increasingly arbitrary continued closings of the Milongas. Just about everyone who dances Tango in Buenos Aires who can possibly make it is likely to be there. (It is the intention and desire of the organizers that traffic NOT be blocked.)
The following message is from the Association of Milonga organizers (English translation afterwards): BUENOS AIRES SIN TANGO Sin trabajo, sin cultura y sin normas Ante las medidas de restriccisn desproporcionadas, la Asociacisn de Organizadores de Milongas invita a bailar este sabado 29 de enero, en el obelisco, a partir de las 17 hs. Pedimos: a) La reapertura de las milongas que cumplen con los estandares de seguridad, porque son fuente de trabajo de miles de personas (mozos, gastronsmicos, mzsicos, bailarines, taxistas, hotelerma, turismo, etc.) b) Una reglamentacisn adecuada que resguarde la actividad. c) Por la preservacisn del espacio y del lazo social que genera el encuentro. d) Que no se paralicen las expresiones de la cultura popular. ENGLISH TRANSLATION BUENOS AIRES WITHOUT TANGO Without work, without culture and without regulations In the presence of restrictions [on the continued operation of Milongas] thrown out of proportion, the Association of Milonga Organizers invites you to dance this Saturday January 29 at the obelisk, starting from 5:00 pm. WE ASK: a) For the reopening of the milongas in order to conform to the principles of [financial] security, since they are the source of work of thousands of people (waiters and waitresses, cooks, musicians, dancers, taxi drivers, hotels, tourism, etc.) b) For adequate regulations that protect this activity c) For the preservation of the venues and the social bonds that the encounter generates d) That [they] not paralyze the expression of popular culture.
