Some time ago (october 11th) I send a letter to the editor , local Buenos
Aires newspaper La Nacion, on the subject of tango inmaterial heritage acepted
by Unesco. I will translate the letter .
Alberto
Tango rioplatense
Mr. Editor:
"The inclusion of tango, based on the joint petition of Argentina and Uruguay ,
on the list of world inmanent heritage of Unesco, makes almost useless to keep
discussing the geographical area of tango.
Both countries , in a brotherhood gesture from their representatives of the
cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo , agreed that tango was born on the basin
of the Rio de la Plata, among the popular social classes of the cities of
Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
In this region, where a mixture happened of european emigrants , descendants
from african slaves and natives (criollos) , a melting pot of cultural pattens,
beliefs and rites happened, being transformed into a specific cultural
identity.
Within this identity, the characteristics that emerge in music , dance and
poetry of tango , are in turn, an incarnation and vector of a diversity and
cultural dialogue.
Coming from this origin, it is acknowledged and greeted , that it has been
difussed all over the world, and that now , it belongs to everybody , or to
nobody , since it is related to mankind.
In what is essential, tango is born and reproduces, on those that value and
appreciate it, live where they live, in this planet.
Alberto Gesualdi
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