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UN's Dance Dance Resolution: Protect the Tango

Cultural tradition placed on protected list, as with physical heritage sites

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(Newser) – The tango is a cultural treasure worthy of the same kinds of protection as the Great Wall of China or the California redwoods, the United Nations declared today. The dance, submitted for such recognition by Uruguay and Argentina, “embodies and encourages diversity and cultural dialogue,” the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said in making the addition to its Representative List of the Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

A couple dances tango in Buenos Aires today.
A couple dances tango in Buenos Aires today.   (AP Photo)
A couple dances tango in Buenos Aires today.
A couple dances tango in Buenos Aires today.   (AP Photo)
A couple dances tango in Buenos Aires today.
A couple dances tango in Buenos Aires today.   (AP Photo)
Argentina's Jose Fernandez and Melody Celatti perform at the World Tango Championships in Buenos Aires, Sept. 1, 2008.
Argentina's Jose Fernandez and Melody Celatti perform at the World Tango Championships in Buenos Aires, Sept. 1, 2008.   (AP Photo)
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Reader64481089
Sep 30, 09 8:23 PM CDT
You know, with children starving in the world, innocent people being murdered because they belong to the "wrong" race in some countries and their entire tribe are being wiped out. Rouge countries in a race to develop nukes with which they can demand anything they want or else, it makes me proud to see the UN actually accomplish something so important as proclaiming a dance an endangered world treasure /sarcasm Reply
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Snarfeh
Sep 30, 09 10:48 PM CDT
Um....how is the tango being threatened? Is it global warming? Terrorists? Earthquakes? Christians against dancing? Reply
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Nancy_Knew
Oct 1, 09 12:15 AM CDT
What? No frightened cheap shot a Sarah Palin in this one ? Reply
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Snarfeh
Oct 1, 09 9:58 PM CDT
Now that you mention it....I could see where she'd be a threat to the tango. Hell, she'd fuck up the hokey pokey....
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Krystle
Oct 1, 09 1:21 AM CDT
I love watching people dance the tango. It's sexy and passionate, definitely a cultural tradition worth protecting. Reply
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